Maybe this is a better way of putting it: I agree that the Bing launch is very bad precedent and it’s important to warn people about the problems with that, but the whole way you’re talking about this seems really spammy and low-integrity, which would be fine and great if being spammy would save the world, but there are generalizable reasons why that doesn’t work. People can tell when the comments section is being flooded by an organized interest group, and that correctly makes them trust the comments less.
Here’s an idea (but maybe you can think of something better): if you want to help spread messages about this, maybe instead of telling “us” (the EAs, the rats) to become a signal-boosting PR war army (which is not what we’re built for), write up your own explanation of why the Bing launch was bad, in your own voice, that covers an angle of the situation that hasn’t already been covered by someone else. Sincerity is more credible than just turning up the volume. I will eagerly retweet it (when I get back from my February Twitter hiatus).
Maybe this is a better way of putting it: I agree that the Bing launch is very bad precedent and it’s important to warn people about the problems with that, but the whole way you’re talking about this seems really spammy and low-integrity, which would be fine and great if being spammy would save the world, but there are generalizable reasons why that doesn’t work. People can tell when the comments section is being flooded by an organized interest group, and that correctly makes them trust the comments less.
Here’s an idea (but maybe you can think of something better): if you want to help spread messages about this, maybe instead of telling “us” (the EAs, the rats) to become a signal-boosting PR war army (which is not what we’re built for), write up your own explanation of why the Bing launch was bad, in your own voice, that covers an angle of the situation that hasn’t already been covered by someone else. Sincerity is more credible than just turning up the volume. I will eagerly retweet it (when I get back from my February Twitter hiatus).