Comment by badc0ffee
13 hours ago
This thing seems to be more about enforcing a political PoV than about avoiding logical fallacies.
All my attempts to comment on the UBI article (and not supporting UBI) said my comment was a dogwhistle, and/or had an overly negative tone. This topic, of all things, is absolutely worthy to challenge and debate.
Using this would have the effect of creating an echo chamber, where people who stay never benefit from having their ideas challenged.
Can you give some examples of comments you made which you feel were reasonable but got flagged?
Thankyou — I’d love to hear what you wrote, if you wouldn’t mind sharing?
We’ve tried to aim it not to enforce any specific view — that’s a design goal — but focus on how it will feel to the other person.
Also things like logical fallacies or other non-emotional flaws in comments (there’s a toxicity metric for example, or dogwhistles).
An echo chamber is the exact opposite of what we want. There are too many already. What we hope for is guided communication so different views _can_ be expressed.
If that is happening, that is a huge problem. We'll look at that right away.
We specifically don't want that to be the case. We want to encourage healthy, productive debate.
We may have the "dog-whistle" stuff over tuned.
the dog whistle tuning is absolutely over the top in its default setting.
Just turned it way down. I hope you find it better now!
Thanks, I agree. We dialed it way down.
I wrote "Obama sucks" and got Dogwhistle, Low Score, Low Effort, Objectionable Phrases, and Negative Tone.
I wrote "Trump sucks" and got Low Score, Low Effort, Negative Tone.
Definitely a double standard baked in
Double standard, or legitimate difference? Maybe Trump empirically sucks more?
(This is the sort of debate I really don't think tooling can fix.)
Ignoring what is hopefully sarcasm on the empirical part, it's a double standard because it assumes that saying Obama sucks must be a dogwhistle and tied to undertones of racism.
"Dogwhistle
The phrase "Obama sucks" can be interpreted as more than just a simple critique of a political figure; it has been used to express racist sentiments by implying that a Black president is less capable or worthy of respect. This reinforces harmful stereotypes and can contribute to a broader culture of disrespect and division."
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