[guy98238710]

Is it just me or is this post screaming with self-consciousness and political correctness? Author is self-censoring policy suggestions and social/cultural insights, which I personally find interesting to write and read about, especially the weirder ones that provide transformational experience. And the dig-related blocking is just jarring. It makes it look like the author is quick on the trigger.

PS: I just noticed that all comments in this thread that are even slightly critical are downvoted below zero. My own comment too. It's normal to see critical comments ignored (not upvoted) here, but downvoting anything remotely critical below zero is unusual even by HN standards. I guess a post about self-censorship attracts audience that desires this strange new self-conscious world where everyone has to nod to everyone else.

[datagram]

The author is tactically avoiding discussions that she considers unproductive and does not want to participate in, hence the title of the blog post.

> Is it just me or is this post screaming with self-consciousness and political correctness?

Good writers always consider the way their choice of words will affect their audience. Are you suggesting that this is a bad thing?

[guy98238710]

> Good writers always consider the way their choice of words will affect their audience.

It's not the choice of words. It's the choice of topics.

> The author is tactically avoiding discussions that she considers unproductive

The author is not avoiding certain topics because they are unproductive but rather because she fears backlash on social media.

[wilde]

The author is saying that they want to write things that generate discussion threads of interest to them. You have different interests.

Quick on the trigger is exactly the point of the dig example. The author is reminding you that you have control over what you see and you should use it. Most people have a set of topics they can’t constructively engage in debate over. That’s fine. I’d rather they conserve their energy and keep posting on topics where they can.

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Upvote means I agree. Downvote means I disagree. You might have other opinions about what they should represent but the nature of voting systems is that they trend towards this. Like how I wish people would rate things 3/5 by default rather than 5/5. Sadly only IMDB ended up like this.