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> Reply as politely and respectfully as you possibly can. Right now the only way to reply politely and respectfully is on the main comment page, where such a c
by humbledrone 15y ago
> Reply as politely and respectfully as you possibly can.
Right now the only way to reply politely and respectfully is on the main comment page, where such a comment, no matter how polite, is off-topic. My suggestion is merely to move such off-topic (but still personable) comments out of the way.
- Mz 15y agoI was addressing one specific piece of your point and quoted the piece I intended to address. I do not see any real value in actively encouraging basically a "dog pile" of critical/negative remarks with a permanent public record. That wasn't intended to suggest that some kind of meta comment system has no value. It was intended only to suggest that any active encouragement of ganging up on someone on permanent public record is generally very bad for a forum culture. It's late. I'm only online due to insomnia. I am vaguely aware that my own post violates my stated suggestions and could have been delivered more smoothly. Please don't take it to be busting on the general idea. I hope others who have experience with such meta comment systems, which I do not, will have a lively discussion about the merits (or lack thereof). My thought had a very narrow intended focus -- that encouraging too much blunt public feedback on why some comment is bad is, itself, probably bad and possibly very very bad. Peace. PS: Congratulations on your newly acquired privileges.