wedrifid comments on Open thread, July 29-August 4, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 08 August 2013 10:11:18AM *  11 points [-]

I approve of this posting.

I disapprove of the posting. Moreover, I oppose the active encouragement of barely coherent temper tantrums.

(In this case, I didn't think my silent upvote was enough.)

Your upvote and then active expression of approval requires that I upgrade my silent downvoting of every comment that endorses, takes seriously or encourages the posting in question to a similar verbal expression. By way of contrast, if Multiheaded had thought through his frustrations and expressed them candidly while sober and after having got a grip on his emotions then I would encourage the expression. Rewarding tantrums with attention and approval is precisely the wrong thing to do. It tends to be bad both for the recipient and the community.