I actually think the “aim to explain, not persuade” framing is generally clearer than the “no call to action” framing. Like, if you explain something to someone that strongly implies some action, then some people might call that a “call to action” but I would think that’s totally fine.
Agreed. And I think I was implicitly focusing on whether the post gave a sufficient explanation for its (original) conclusion, and was rather confused why others were so focused on whether there was a call to action or not (which without knowing the context of your private discussions I just interpreted to mean any practical suggestion)
I actually think the “aim to explain, not persuade” framing is generally clearer than the “no call to action” framing. Like, if you explain something to someone that strongly implies some action, then some people might call that a “call to action” but I would think that’s totally fine.
Agreed. And I think I was implicitly focusing on whether the post gave a sufficient explanation for its (original) conclusion, and was rather confused why others were so focused on whether there was a call to action or not (which without knowing the context of your private discussions I just interpreted to mean any practical suggestion)