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Haha. There's always a relevant xkcd. These comics unfortunately both highlight the need for toxicity and dissenting opinions. In the first, moon landing con

Haha. There's always a relevant xkcd. These comics unfortunately both highlight the need for toxicity and dissenting opinions. In the first, moon landing conspiracists have come out with great suspicious findings including the fact that the "moon rock" given to the dutch is actually just a peice of petrified wood [1]. Given the political need to appear more technologically advanced during the cold war its a very real possibility. I'm not saying the moon landings were fake, but to quash any disagreement if the intent is to be as truthful as possible would be a mistake. In the second, the user gets valuable feedback that he's a moron, which he would not if he were censored. He would only dive deeper into anger if he found out he was silenced. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32581790 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32581790

TulliusCicero 5y ago
Ah yes, the “valuable feedback” of being called a moron by an internet rando.
- RedBeetDeadpool 5y ago
  You know, I personally value getting downvotes as much as upvotes. I'm not looking for confirmation bias. I'm looking to get thoughts moving, if people are affected by my words that's a good thing whether they agree or disagree. Both negative and positive feedback is good, I'll take even little critiques. If the critiques themselves have no substance, like an internet rando calling me a moron without a rationale, then its mostly useless to me, but I appreciate that its there. I don't let this "toxicity" get to me, but that means I'm not outsourcing a machine to protect me from it. Not only does facing more toxicity build up my own immune system and make me stronger, I'm not dancing with like minded people circle jerking a helicopter into the clouds of confirmation biases. Doesn't matter what the attack is, its actually good to have some of it around. Learning to deal with it makes people more resilient. We shouldn't be trying to get machines to do it for us, we should be making it the standard rhetoric that people should lean into criticisms consuming it to strengthen themselves. Moron.

TulliusCicero 5y ago

Ah yes, the “valuable feedback” of being called a moron by an internet rando.

RedBeetDeadpool 5y ago
You know, I personally value getting downvotes as much as upvotes. I'm not looking for confirmation bias. I'm looking to get thoughts moving, if people are affected by my words that's a good thing whether they agree or disagree. Both negative and positive feedback is good, I'll take even little critiques. If the critiques themselves have no substance, like an internet rando calling me a moron without a rationale, then its mostly useless to me, but I appreciate that its there. I don't let this "toxicity" get to me, but that means I'm not outsourcing a machine to protect me from it. Not only does facing more toxicity build up my own immune system and make me stronger, I'm not dancing with like minded people circle jerking a helicopter into the clouds of confirmation biases. Doesn't matter what the attack is, its actually good to have some of it around. Learning to deal with it makes people more resilient. We shouldn't be trying to get machines to do it for us, we should be making it the standard rhetoric that people should lean into criticisms consuming it to strengthen themselves. Moron.