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everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact. >Does a
by mlevental 8y ago
everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact.
>Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing?
if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").
- hirundo 8y agoAnd now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me. If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?
- mlevental 8y agoI'm not tone policing - I'm pointing out your tone.
- edoceo 8y agoMy office mates and I have taken to a habit of calling out what we labeled "low effort criticism". Like when the criticizer uses in-specific language ("crud") or or points at obvious issues (UI on internal tool, rev 0.1). Months later we can mock our old selves, but getting called on it still stings. Sharpen the discourse skills