Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the tone of the post has been undermining its content. I’m currently working on editing this post to blast away the gratuitously bad-tone parts :)
Update: I’ve edited the post to remove a lot of parts that I recognized as gratuitous yuckiness.
I think the post reads much better now and I think specifically the second point I made about Combat Culture is addressed. In regards to the first point, I made some specific points in here about when and when not specificity might be useful that I feel still aren’t fully addressed. I also get that this review was made really late and you didn’t really have an opportunity to digest and incorporate the feedback, so I’m not blaming you in regards to this, but pointing out where I think the post still may need some work and my potential reasons for not voting for it or others in the sequence.
Glad to hear you feel I’ve addressed the Combat Culture issues. I think those were the lowest-hanging fruits that everyone agreed on, including me :)
As for the first point, I guess this is the same thing we had a long comment thread about last year, and I’m not sure how much our views diverge at this point...
Let’s take this paragraph you quoted: “It sounds meaningful, doesn’t it? But notice that it’s generically-worded and lacks any specific examples. This is a red flag.” Do you not agree with my point that Seibel should have endeavored to be more clear in his public statement?
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the tone of the post has been undermining its content. I’m currently working on editing this post to blast away the gratuitously bad-tone parts :)
Update: I’ve edited the post to remove a lot of parts that I recognized as gratuitous yuckiness.
I think the post reads much better now and I think specifically the second point I made about Combat Culture is addressed. In regards to the first point, I made some specific points in here about when and when not specificity might be useful that I feel still aren’t fully addressed. I also get that this review was made really late and you didn’t really have an opportunity to digest and incorporate the feedback, so I’m not blaming you in regards to this, but pointing out where I think the post still may need some work and my potential reasons for not voting for it or others in the sequence.
Glad to hear you feel I’ve addressed the Combat Culture issues. I think those were the lowest-hanging fruits that everyone agreed on, including me :)
As for the first point, I guess this is the same thing we had a long comment thread about last year, and I’m not sure how much our views diverge at this point...
Let’s take this paragraph you quoted: “It sounds meaningful, doesn’t it? But notice that it’s generically-worded and lacks any specific examples. This is a red flag.” Do you not agree with my point that Seibel should have endeavored to be more clear in his public statement?