I still don’t know what more I could’ve said about its “shape”.
Just want to point out that I think that simply adding the following to your original comment would have been a marginal improvement:
I think the standard usage is just an applause light.
That is, if your comment had been, “‘Authentic’ seems like it’s often used as an applause light to me. Can you say more about specifically what you mean by it in this context?” I think that would have been an improvement over the original comment.
I agree with others that just saying, “What do you mean by X?” When X is a common, well-known word can often be insufficient for making it easy for the author to figure out what to say in reply.
Just want to point out that I think that simply adding the following to your original comment would have been a marginal improvement:
That is, if your comment had been, “‘Authentic’ seems like it’s often used as an applause light to me. Can you say more about specifically what you mean by it in this context?” I think that would have been an improvement over the original comment.
I agree with others that just saying, “What do you mean by X?” When X is a common, well-known word can often be insufficient for making it easy for the author to figure out what to say in reply.
It’s Double Illusion of Transparency all the way down. :P