Will I get downvoted if I propose a meta conversation on the horribly weasly rhetorical device of the "open letter"? I suppose etymologically, this used to actu

Will I get downvoted if I propose a meta conversation on the horribly weasly rhetorical device of the "open letter"? I suppose etymologically, this used to actually mean something, but I don't remember anymore. Now all it signals to me is that someone wrote a blog post, prefixed it with "Dear <High Clout Person Of Interest>" to essentially work up some minor amounts of linkbait. Double reader rage points if it's signed "Love, <Author>"