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

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Comment author: Jack 06 January 2010 05:39:30PM 0 points [-]

We can taboo "nice", and say instead "thinking about how my comment will make people feel, and revising it before I post it if the tone seems antagonistic or otherwise likely to distract from the underlying point".

Instead of tabooing a perfectly good word, how about we just agree to define "nice" as "thinking about how my comment will make people feel, and revising it before I post it if the tone seems antagonistic or otherwise likely to distract from the underlying point"?

Comment author: ciphergoth 06 January 2010 07:53:06PM 1 point [-]

Taboo in this sense, I think.

Comment author: Morendil 06 January 2010 06:06:57PM 0 points [-]

I meant taboo in that sense, yes.

Comment author: Jack 06 January 2010 06:13:33PM 0 points [-]

Erm, I see. Sorry :-)

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