I meant the primary point of my previous comment to be “Duncan’s accusation in that thread is below the threshold of ‘deserves moderator response’ (i.e. Duncan wishes the LessWrong moderators would intervene on things like that on his behalf [edit: reliably and promptly], and I don’t plan to do that, because I don’t think it’s that big a deal. (I edited the previous comment to say “kinda” strawmanning, to clarify the emphasis more)
My point here was just explaining to Vladimir why I don’t find it alarming that the LW team doesn’t prioritize strawmanning the way Duncan wants (I’m still somewhat confused about what Vlad meant with his question though and am honestly not sure what this conversation thread is about)
I’m still somewhat confused about what Vlad meant with his question though and am honestly not sure what this conversation thread is about
I see Vlad as saying “that it’s even on your priority list, given that it seems impossible to actually enforce, is worrying” not “it is worrying that it is low instead of high on your priority list.”
I don’t plan to do that, because I don’t think it’s that big a deal
I think it plausibly is a big deal and mechanisms that identify and point out when people are doing this (and really, I think a lot of the time it might just be misunderstanding) would be very valuable.
I don’t think moderators showing up and making and judgment and proclamation is the right answer. I’m more interested in making it so people reading the thread can provide the feedback, e.g. via Reacts.
I meant the primary point of my previous comment to be “Duncan’s accusation in that thread is below the threshold of ‘deserves moderator response’ (i.e. Duncan wishes the LessWrong moderators would intervene on things like that on his behalf [edit: reliably and promptly], and I don’t plan to do that, because I don’t think it’s that big a deal. (I edited the previous comment to say “kinda” strawmanning, to clarify the emphasis more)
My point here was just explaining to Vladimir why I don’t find it alarming that the LW team doesn’t prioritize strawmanning the way Duncan wants (I’m still somewhat confused about what Vlad meant with his question though and am honestly not sure what this conversation thread is about)
I see Vlad as saying “that it’s even on your priority list, given that it seems impossible to actually enforce, is worrying” not “it is worrying that it is low instead of high on your priority list.”
I think it plausibly is a big deal and mechanisms that identify and point out when people are doing this (and really, I think a lot of the time it might just be misunderstanding) would be very valuable.
I don’t think moderators showing up and making and judgment and proclamation is the right answer. I’m more interested in making it so people reading the thread can provide the feedback, e.g. via Reacts.