I think its better to give feedback explicitly rather than sneering. The latter just feels bad to read (even as a third party) but doesn't really espouse some b

I think its better to give feedback explicitly rather than sneering. The latter just feels bad to read (even as a third party) but doesn't really espouse some better active social norms to follow. > to add a cost (the possibility of being dismissed/sneered back) to such dismissals. Given the fact that this is a conversation among strangers, I would assert that it isn't really that effective to just add costs by making discourse less pleasant. -- In general, I think a community is healthier when we treat people 25% better than you expect to be treated, to account for the Fundamental Attribution Error and other misinterpretations.