Like all posts, I think this could be greatly improved by concrete examples. What behavior do we want to discourage? Is LW having moderation problems right now? Do we expect there to be more problems in the future?
multiple top authors telling me that they prefer not to publish on LessWrong because they expect the comments to be overly aggressive and needlessly critical.
Oh, I guess that could be my fault? If that’s the case, I’d repeat ChristianKl’s point—I would prefer attempts at convincing people over trying to solve the problem with carrots and sticks.
Like all posts, I think this could be greatly improved by concrete examples. What behavior do we want to discourage? Is LW having moderation problems right now? Do we expect there to be more problems in the future?
Oh, I guess that could be my fault? If that’s the case, I’d repeat ChristianKl’s point—I would prefer attempts at convincing people over trying to solve the problem with carrots and sticks.
Agree on more concrete examples. I will try to keep that in mind for future posts.