Gavin comments on A Suite of Pragmatic Considerations in Favor of Niceness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gavin 06 January 2010 07:18:07AM 4 points [-]

I've certainly been in situations where I wished I'd been more vocal, but there's a difference between being assertive--even commanding--and being mean.

Like anything, nice can certainly be taken too far.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 06 January 2010 11:48:18PM 2 points [-]

I have honestly never seen it done by a person, though I have seen it done in a situation and I have seen people pretend cowardice is niceness.