I agree Evan’s intentions are good, and I’m glad that someone interesting who wants to criticize my writing is getting a chance to speak. I’m surprised this is downvoted as much as it has been, and I haven’t downvoted it myself.
My main concern is with the hyperbolic way this was pitched and the name of the meetup, which I understand were intended kind of as jokes but which sound kind of creepy to me when I am the person being joked about. I don’t think Evan needs to change these if he doesn’t want to, but I do just want to register the concern.
I’m surprised this is downvoted as much as it has been, and I haven’t downvoted it myself.
This is partly an effect of the recently introduced “strong votes” feature, where users with karma can pay a trivial inconvenience to make their up- or down-votes be more points. My own strong-downvote was −7 points.
I agree Evan’s intentions are good, and I’m glad that someone interesting who wants to criticize my writing is getting a chance to speak. I’m surprised this is downvoted as much as it has been, and I haven’t downvoted it myself.
My main concern is with the hyperbolic way this was pitched and the name of the meetup, which I understand were intended kind of as jokes but which sound kind of creepy to me when I am the person being joked about. I don’t think Evan needs to change these if he doesn’t want to, but I do just want to register the concern.
This is partly an effect of the recently introduced “strong votes” feature, where users with karma can pay a trivial inconvenience to make their up- or down-votes be more points. My own strong-downvote was −7 points.