Sorry, your intentions are good, but it pays to learn what other people say on the matter before putting forth your own musings. This reads like a bad grade school essay, so no, it does not seem suitable for the main (or any other) section. You are talking in generalities, stating the obvious, repeating the standard arguments as if you invented them, casually discounting what others post as “irrelevant or bad”, committing a bunch of logical fallacies… An occasional interesting point drowns in the sea of irrelevance.
Maybe consider mostly lurking and commenting for another year?
That’s a bit harsh—more like a typical grade school essay, i.e. where you’re rewarded for length and vocabulary, and not particularly for scholarship or insight or evidence.
This says as much about the lack of organization in the discussion section as it does about the essay. I think there ought to be tiers for submitting drafts of posts to encourage the shy to post in the first place and constructively critique the bold who will post regardless.
I totally agree with that. LW could definitely use a sandbox for those of us who want to learn the basics of rational discourse on this board. I would even go as far as to require at least one 10-karma point post in the sandbox before graduating to the Discussion section.
Downvoted for low quality.
Sorry, your intentions are good, but it pays to learn what other people say on the matter before putting forth your own musings. This reads like a bad grade school essay, so no, it does not seem suitable for the main (or any other) section. You are talking in generalities, stating the obvious, repeating the standard arguments as if you invented them, casually discounting what others post as “irrelevant or bad”, committing a bunch of logical fallacies… An occasional interesting point drowns in the sea of irrelevance.
Maybe consider mostly lurking and commenting for another year?
That’s a bit harsh—more like a typical grade school essay, i.e. where you’re rewarded for length and vocabulary, and not particularly for scholarship or insight or evidence.
So you’re both right. A typical grade school essay is a bad essay. ;)
This says as much about the lack of organization in the discussion section as it does about the essay. I think there ought to be tiers for submitting drafts of posts to encourage the shy to post in the first place and constructively critique the bold who will post regardless.
I totally agree with that. LW could definitely use a sandbox for those of us who want to learn the basics of rational discourse on this board. I would even go as far as to require at least one 10-karma point post in the sandbox before graduating to the Discussion section.