My intent was “I’d be interested in knowing what the reasoning was, but also it’s important for downvoters to not feel obligation to share their reasoning if they don’t feel like it.” That’s a bit of a handful to type out every single time I experience it.
I updated the FAQ. But an important note about how I think about all of this is it’s *not* actually possible or tractable for everyone to have read everything there is to know about the LW moderation team, nor is it possible/tractable for the LW team to keep everyone on the site fully informed about all of our philosophical and ethical positions.
We’ve been trying recently to publicly post our most important positions, promises, deliberate-not-promises, etc. But we can’t cover everything.
My intent was “I’d be interested in knowing what the reasoning was, but also it’s important for downvoters to not feel obligation to share their reasoning if they don’t feel like it.” That’s a bit of a handful to type out every single time I experience it.
I updated the FAQ. But an important note about how I think about all of this is it’s *not* actually possible or tractable for everyone to have read everything there is to know about the LW moderation team, nor is it possible/tractable for the LW team to keep everyone on the site fully informed about all of our philosophical and ethical positions.
We’ve been trying recently to publicly post our most important positions, promises, deliberate-not-promises, etc. But we can’t cover everything.