Maybe. (If you have a suggested solution to that issue, let me know)
But honestly I don’t think your interpretation is that likely. a) most of this feedback is on anonymous forms, and the people who I talk to in person I talk to enough to get a pretty comprehensive understanding of their concerns.
b) This community in general does not seem to have a problem criticizing itself.
I think it is much more likely that people are made uncomfortable about whether it is socially acceptable to unironically enjoy x-risk memes and risk being judged by people outside or less involved with the Less Wrong community, than to be uncomfortable for personal reasons and then fear being judged from within the x-risky elements of LW.
You can’t necessarily get someone to act as though a signal isn’t a signal by saying “I won’t count it as a signal”.
Maybe. (If you have a suggested solution to that issue, let me know)
But honestly I don’t think your interpretation is that likely. a) most of this feedback is on anonymous forms, and the people who I talk to in person I talk to enough to get a pretty comprehensive understanding of their concerns.
b) This community in general does not seem to have a problem criticizing itself.
I think it is much more likely that people are made uncomfortable about whether it is socially acceptable to unironically enjoy x-risk memes and risk being judged by people outside or less involved with the Less Wrong community, than to be uncomfortable for personal reasons and then fear being judged from within the x-risky elements of LW.