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Since you're keen on giving advice, I'll bite, how would you describe NAWAPA to others? The way I see it, no matter which way I described it, I knew there woul
by tristanj 10y ago
Since you're keen on giving advice, I'll bite, how would you describe NAWAPA to others?
The way I see it, no matter which way I described it, I knew there would be commenters who would have a visceral reaction when they learned about the project's externalities. There's a reason this project was killed before getting anywhere. Hence, I knew full on when writing the grandparent comment there would be that kind of reply, from people solely letting others know how much they disagree with the project.
I don't see much value arguing with these commenters, because they've already decided their opinion. And I gain no benefit convincing them otherwise.
Obviously, based on the votes on the grandparent comment, some people did find what I wrote interesting or insightful enough to upvote. But it did bring out many unhappy posters. How would you have handled it?