On a practical level: every time I’ve included a controversial attention-grabbing aside in a post, I’ve regretted it. The discussion and I assume people’s attention always focuses on that aside, at the cost of my primary point. If you’re trying to stir up anti-this-person sentiment in general that might be a plus, but if you want your actual argument to be considered on its merits it’s a severe impairment. If you think the accusation is important I’d strongly encourage you to split the posts.
Nod. That’s some of the reason why, if I say anything, I’m leaning towards saying it in a comment rather than footnote. That way readers from off-LW don’t get distracted; and the discussion hopefully lives under a single comment that can be voted on separately and collapsed.
And, fortunately it’s the kind of post where if it doesn’t get much engagement by itself I won’t be very sad.
I think that’s an improvement. Also I missed that the info had come up on lw before, which I think changes things a lot. Sometimes the punishment for something is people knowing you did it.
On a practical level: every time I’ve included a controversial attention-grabbing aside in a post, I’ve regretted it. The discussion and I assume people’s attention always focuses on that aside, at the cost of my primary point. If you’re trying to stir up anti-this-person sentiment in general that might be a plus, but if you want your actual argument to be considered on its merits it’s a severe impairment. If you think the accusation is important I’d strongly encourage you to split the posts.
Nod. That’s some of the reason why, if I say anything, I’m leaning towards saying it in a comment rather than footnote. That way readers from off-LW don’t get distracted; and the discussion hopefully lives under a single comment that can be voted on separately and collapsed.
And, fortunately it’s the kind of post where if it doesn’t get much engagement by itself I won’t be very sad.
I think that’s an improvement. Also I missed that the info had come up on lw before, which I think changes things a lot. Sometimes the punishment for something is people knowing you did it.