I think I should just add my own data point here, which is that Zack and I have been on polar opposites sites of a pretty emotional debate before, and I had zero complaints about their conduct. In fact ever since then, I think I’m more likely to click on a post if I see that Zack wrote it.
Thanks for chiming in; this is encouraging to hear. I’m imagining the pretty emotional debate you’re thinking of is the one on “My Dating Plan ala Geoffrey Miller” in July 2020? Interestingly, I think my behavior there was much ruder than anything Duncan’s objected to from me, so I think your reaction is evidence that there’s a lot of interpersonal variation in how much “softening” different people think is desirable or necessary.
It was that general debate about content moderation. Pretty sure it wasn’t all in the comments of that post (though that may have been the start); I don’t remember the details. It’s also possible that my recollection includes back and forth you had with [other people who defended my general position].
I think I should just add my own data point here, which is that Zack and I have been on polar opposites sites of a pretty emotional debate before, and I had zero complaints about their conduct. In fact ever since then, I think I’m more likely to click on a post if I see that Zack wrote it.
Thanks for chiming in; this is encouraging to hear. I’m imagining the pretty emotional debate you’re thinking of is the one on “My Dating Plan ala Geoffrey Miller” in July 2020? Interestingly, I think my behavior there was much ruder than anything Duncan’s objected to from me, so I think your reaction is evidence that there’s a lot of interpersonal variation in how much “softening” different people think is desirable or necessary.
It was that general debate about content moderation. Pretty sure it wasn’t all in the comments of that post (though that may have been the start); I don’t remember the details. It’s also possible that my recollection includes back and forth you had with [other people who defended my general position].