I don’t really believe in role models. Anyway, I wasn’t intending to point out any person’s shortcomings; I was agreeing with VipulNaik’s misgivings about the technique.
(To be more concrete, “doing X may get you ignored as a blowhard” is a criticism of doing-X, not a criticism of someone who either does X or contemplates doing X.)
Sure, one might come across as a blowhard. But one might also come across as someone who can be persuaded by evidence to change his mind without a lot of kicking and screaming.
This is really about reputation management in an online community, a complicated topic.
Ah.
Fair enough, but some other people contemplating using the same technique might be less so.
Feel free to point out to those some other people their shortcomings, then. I hope you don’t think I’m a role model, do you now? X-)
I don’t really believe in role models. Anyway, I wasn’t intending to point out any person’s shortcomings; I was agreeing with VipulNaik’s misgivings about the technique.
(To be more concrete, “doing X may get you ignored as a blowhard” is a criticism of doing-X, not a criticism of someone who either does X or contemplates doing X.)
Sure, one might come across as a blowhard. But one might also come across as someone who can be persuaded by evidence to change his mind without a lot of kicking and screaming.
This is really about reputation management in an online community, a complicated topic.