Avoiding flame wars. Leaving the ‘contrarian’ at least with the sense that some of their ideas have been heard and validated. Reducing the extent to which you yourself get caught up in negative spirals. All without enabling them or encouraging more undesired behavior.
Both you and David_Gerard seem to have taken my question as asking about the general benefits of “ignoring tone”, when I was trying to figure out what cousin_it meant by “worked well”, specifically whether he had succeeded in making a rude commenter less belligerent and a better contributor to the community, and also explaining why I wasn’t sure what he meant.
Did you really misinterpret my question, or did you just use it as an opportunity to go off on a tangent and write something of general interest? (I’m trying to figure out if I need to be more careful about how to express myself.)
I would be interested to know what “worked well” meant more specifically as well (more specifically than “I felt personally satisfied with the conversation”).
Both you and David_Gerard seem to have taken my question as asking about the general benefits of “ignoring tone
I don’t seem to have done that at all.
Not only was I repling to what ‘worked well’ meant—in general and from what I have observed of specific recent applications here—I was discussing the use of fogging, not merely tone-ignorance.
Avoiding flame wars. Leaving the ‘contrarian’ at least with the sense that some of their ideas have been heard and validated. Reducing the extent to which you yourself get caught up in negative spirals. All without enabling them or encouraging more undesired behavior.
Both you and David_Gerard seem to have taken my question as asking about the general benefits of “ignoring tone”, when I was trying to figure out what cousin_it meant by “worked well”, specifically whether he had succeeded in making a rude commenter less belligerent and a better contributor to the community, and also explaining why I wasn’t sure what he meant.
Did you really misinterpret my question, or did you just use it as an opportunity to go off on a tangent and write something of general interest? (I’m trying to figure out if I need to be more careful about how to express myself.)
I would be interested to know what “worked well” meant more specifically as well (more specifically than “I felt personally satisfied with the conversation”).
I don’t seem to have done that at all.
Not only was I repling to what ‘worked well’ meant—in general and from what I have observed of specific recent applications here—I was discussing the use of fogging, not merely tone-ignorance.