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What do you consider improvement?" I'm not here to have "nice conversations," when there's something wrong or dumb occurring; I want to draw attention to the t
by jrm4 5y ago
What do you consider improvement?"
I'm not here to have "nice conversations," when there's something wrong or dumb occurring; I want to draw attention to the topic. I get that people say that they like politeness and so-called constructive conversation -- but the reality is that people respond more to more intense stimuli.
Overall, I've found that I've had a much better time on the internet (here and elsewhere) by removing such filtering a bit. Of course, this depends on where you start from. I did start from that exact same place of "be very polite all the time," and I have definitely found that -- for me -- straying away from that has improved my experience.
- dang 5y agoWell, it's complex and YMMV but our experience is that when people take swipes at each other or each other's points/side/identifications, discussion goes downhill fast. Calling things stupid may improve your experience (or feel like it does) but I don't think it improves the threads overall, which is what we're trying to optimize for.