If you’re running a blog and want to apply this approach to comment deletion, then instead of framing it as a “reign of terror” where you mass-delete comments from your blog, you would have an “email the author” field below each of your blog posts and a “featured responses” section highlighting the best emails you’ve gotten on this topic. ‘Being accepted to this scientific journal feels like an honor’ is connected to ‘being rejected from this journal doesn’t feel like an attack or affront.’
If you’re running a blog and want to apply this approach to comment deletion, then instead of framing it as a “reign of terror” where you mass-delete comments from your blog, you would have an “email the author” field below each of your blog posts and a “featured responses” section highlighting the best emails you’ve gotten on this topic. ‘Being accepted to this scientific journal feels like an honor’ is connected to ‘being rejected from this journal doesn’t feel like an attack or affront.’