wedrifid can of course speak for himself, but I have to say I inferred no such implication. It seems rather more likely that he just had better things to do than address everything else the author said.
Well, I can’t swear to unconscious motives, but for me the problem was that every time I scrolled through the latest comments page and saw “in response to Ontologial Reductionism” I felt a dust speck fly into my eyeball. Even so, I wouldn’t have said anything if there hadn’t already been a comment on the formatting.
But thank you for informing me, I’ll try to bear that in mind for the future.
I don’t think I’d have seen your comment as hostile if it had been a direct reply to the post. In that case, it would have looked like helpful proof-reading.
Huh. Thinking about it, I can see your point of view, but when I made the decision I had a strong emotional reaction in the other direction- that a top level comment about nothing but nitpicks would be perceived as an attack (which I wanted to avoid). Considering my track record, it would probably be best if I weighted your opinion higher than mine.
wedrifid can of course speak for himself, but I have to say I inferred no such implication. It seems rather more likely that he just had better things to do than address everything else the author said.
That’s almost how I read his and your comments—not just better things to do, but a desire to snipe, or in LessWrongian language, to lower status.
Well, I can’t swear to unconscious motives, but for me the problem was that every time I scrolled through the latest comments page and saw “in response to Ontologial Reductionism” I felt a dust speck fly into my eyeball. Even so, I wouldn’t have said anything if there hadn’t already been a comment on the formatting.
But thank you for informing me, I’ll try to bear that in mind for the future.
I don’t think I’d have seen your comment as hostile if it had been a direct reply to the post. In that case, it would have looked like helpful proof-reading.
Huh. Thinking about it, I can see your point of view, but when I made the decision I had a strong emotional reaction in the other direction- that a top level comment about nothing but nitpicks would be perceived as an attack (which I wanted to avoid). Considering my track record, it would probably be best if I weighted your opinion higher than mine.