I think that the phrases “treated as a contractual obligation” and “any possible misinterpretations or consequences” are both hyperbole, if they are (as they seem) intended as fair summaries or descriptions of what Aella wrote above.
I think there’s a skipped step here, where you’re trying to say that what Aella wrote above might imply those things, or might result in those things, or might be tantamount to those things, but I think it’s quite important to not miss that step.
Before objecting to Aella’s [A] by saying “[B] is bad!” I think one should justify or at least explicitly assert [A—>B]
Yes, and to clarify I am not attempting to imply that there is something wrong with Aella’s comment. It’s more like this is a pattern I have observed and talked about with others. I don’t think people playing a part in a pattern that has some negative side effects should necessarily have a responsibility frame around that, especially given that one literally can’t track all various possible side effects of actions. I see epistemic statuses as partially attempting to give people more affordance for thinking about possible side effects of the multi context nature of online comms and that was used to good effect here, I likely would have had a more negative reaction to Aella’s post if it hadn’t included the epistemic status.
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I think that the phrases “treated as a contractual obligation” and “any possible misinterpretations or consequences” are both hyperbole, if they are (as they seem) intended as fair summaries or descriptions of what Aella wrote above.
I think there’s a skipped step here, where you’re trying to say that what Aella wrote above might imply those things, or might result in those things, or might be tantamount to those things, but I think it’s quite important to not miss that step.
Before objecting to Aella’s [A] by saying “[B] is bad!” I think one should justify or at least explicitly assert [A—>B]
Yes, and to clarify I am not attempting to imply that there is something wrong with Aella’s comment. It’s more like this is a pattern I have observed and talked about with others. I don’t think people playing a part in a pattern that has some negative side effects should necessarily have a responsibility frame around that, especially given that one literally can’t track all various possible side effects of actions. I see epistemic statuses as partially attempting to give people more affordance for thinking about possible side effects of the multi context nature of online comms and that was used to good effect here, I likely would have had a more negative reaction to Aella’s post if it hadn’t included the epistemic status.