I advise you to withdraw this post, cut out half the narrative crap, add some evidence and a model, make a recommendation, then repost it.
Moderator here!
This looks like it was intended to be tough love, but it’s also a mild-to-moderate case of “unnecessary rudeness”.
Let’s try to stay polite in our comments, especially when the issue at stake is “I think your post is unclear” rather than “I think this post will hurt people” or “I think this thing you want people to donate to is a scam”.
Yes, that would have been sufficient. The “withdraw this post” part seems a bit harsh (and redundant, since editing a post entails “withdrawing” the old version), but not to the point where I’d say anything about it as a mod.
I appreciate your engaging with my comment — it’s hard to do mod stuff without coming across as overbearing, but I really value your contributions to the Forum. It’s just a struggle to find balance between our more direct commenters and the people who find the Forum’s culture intimidating.
Moderator here!
This looks like it was intended to be tough love, but it’s also a mild-to-moderate case of “unnecessary rudeness”.
Let’s try to stay polite in our comments, especially when the issue at stake is “I think your post is unclear” rather than “I think this post will hurt people” or “I think this thing you want people to donate to is a scam”.
Would removing the “crap” have been sufficient to make it polite? I like to be direct.
Yes, that would have been sufficient. The “withdraw this post” part seems a bit harsh (and redundant, since editing a post entails “withdrawing” the old version), but not to the point where I’d say anything about it as a mod.
I appreciate your engaging with my comment — it’s hard to do mod stuff without coming across as overbearing, but I really value your contributions to the Forum. It’s just a struggle to find balance between our more direct commenters and the people who find the Forum’s culture intimidating.