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Do you think it's better to be polarizing or crowd-pleasing? I've noticed that if you want to criticize someone/something, it's safer to aim for some defensele
by mtdewcmu 13y ago
Do you think it's better to be polarizing or crowd-pleasing?
I've noticed that if you want to criticize someone/something, it's safer to aim for some defenseless individual, rather than a famous company like google. I got down-voted for criticizing google, even though I'm pretty sure nothing I could say could hurt google's feelings.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoCrowd-pleasing is just positive feedback, not usually a good thing in a discussion. Polarizing comments, tend to shunt discussion off into a particular direction therefore distracting from other points of discussion. Either are great for karma whoring, but not usually great for increasing the quality of a debate.
- kbenson 13y agoI agree that polarizing comments may detract from a discussion, but I also believe they may serve a useful purpose, which is to more clearly define general sides of an argument, which can then be easily used to individuals to define their particular stance. E.g. I believe/am an X, but with caveats Y.