I’m the person who encouraged OrphanWilde to post that PM. I’m quite grateful that he did because this has recast the situation.
I don’t know about anyone else, but my impression of Gleb is that he’s annoying but mostly harmless. Mostly harmless because that early project of trying to promote rationality by turning it into an applause light was definitely a bad idea.
The PM has caused me to do some updating which I hope I will generalize. I started out with an assumption that there might be something wrong with Gleb for attracting that sort of animus, and something wrong with me for not seeing what was wrong with Gleb.
I think OrphanWilde’s approach has made LW seem like a place where people can be attacked for unclear reasons, and as moderator, I probably should have moved much earlier to discourage this.
It literally never occurred to me that the animus was (or had shifted to) something strategic, and it wasn’t trolling exactly but it was still not an accurate presentation of OrphanWilde’s beliefs.
I haven’t seen a clear explanation from anyone (though I may have missed some comments) of what they think Gleb misunderstands.
Here’s the comment which OW’s PM was an answer to. I don’t have a copy of what I PM’d to OW, but it was tactful.It took me a while to get from “What the fucking fuck?” to “Thank you for the information”. I believe that you can’t force a mind. Shaming people isn’t a reliable way of getting the behavior you want from them. Neither is anything else, but a light touch has fewer side effects.
I think a fine line needs to be walked when addressing Gleb, if only because he evidently has media visibility skills that could be useful for the community if he were less misguided.
I’m the person who encouraged OrphanWilde to post that PM. I’m quite grateful that he did because this has recast the situation.
I don’t know about anyone else, but my impression of Gleb is that he’s annoying but mostly harmless. Mostly harmless because that early project of trying to promote rationality by turning it into an applause light was definitely a bad idea.
The PM has caused me to do some updating which I hope I will generalize. I started out with an assumption that there might be something wrong with Gleb for attracting that sort of animus, and something wrong with me for not seeing what was wrong with Gleb.
I think OrphanWilde’s approach has made LW seem like a place where people can be attacked for unclear reasons, and as moderator, I probably should have moved much earlier to discourage this.
It literally never occurred to me that the animus was (or had shifted to) something strategic, and it wasn’t trolling exactly but it was still not an accurate presentation of OrphanWilde’s beliefs.
I haven’t seen a clear explanation from anyone (though I may have missed some comments) of what they think Gleb misunderstands.
Here’s the comment which OW’s PM was an answer to. I don’t have a copy of what I PM’d to OW, but it was tactful.It took me a while to get from “What the fucking fuck?” to “Thank you for the information”. I believe that you can’t force a mind. Shaming people isn’t a reliable way of getting the behavior you want from them. Neither is anything else, but a light touch has fewer side effects.
I think a fine line needs to be walked when addressing Gleb, if only because he evidently has media visibility skills that could be useful for the community if he were less misguided.