FeepingCreature comments on Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: OpenThreadGuy 01 February 2013 08:26AM

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Comment author: FeepingCreature 01 February 2013 01:18:12PM *  23 points [-]

Really, are you seriously claiming you thought I was just making it up?

Requesting evidence is good behavior and should not be discouraged.

Comment author: Vaniver 01 February 2013 03:29:18PM 23 points [-]

Requesting evidence is good behavior. Combining it with a counteraccusation of trolling slides the whole comment into the negative, for me.

Comment author: wedrifid 05 February 2013 06:05:48AM 2 points [-]

Requesting evidence is good behavior. Combining it with a counteraccusation of trolling slides the whole comment into the negative, for me.

Likewise, not only is it an objectionable social move it is also just false. An abuse of language. Following through the reasoning (and also observing that often quoting or linking to copies of deleted comments is also considered trolling) makes the label 'troll' a label that can applied rather indiscriminately to anyone who dissents, regardless of how and why they do it.