So Crocker’s rules seems like a worthwhile thing to say if there’s a social convention of people not saying useful things. The place I’ve seen them be most useful is in criticism of writing style, which otherwise might be left unsaid. However, for “idea posts,” they don’t seem that useful—people already say what they think about ideas on here without worrying too much, and useful criticism is usually easily differentiated from boring rudeness.
So Crocker’s rules seems like a worthwhile thing to say if there’s a social convention of people not saying useful things. The place I’ve seen them be most useful is in criticism of writing style, which otherwise might be left unsaid. However, for “idea posts,” they don’t seem that useful—people already say what they think about ideas on here without worrying too much, and useful criticism is usually easily differentiated from boring rudeness.