[vlovich123]

I believe it meets the definition of virtue signaling to express a position you don’t do anything to advocate - which is the vast majority of opinions expressed on the Internet. It can be a sincerely held belief but if you’re not taking action around it I don’t see any difference from the corporate example you gave.

[nfw2]

Your statement is virtue signaling according to its own definition unless you've taken action to prevent people complaining about Google.

[vlovich123]

Did I say anything about people complaining about Google? I think you misread or misinterpreted what I wrote.

[nfw2]

You haven’t taken actions against me misinterpreting things. Why do you keep virtue signaling?

[vlovich123]

What’s inherently wrong with virtue signaling though? I’m signaling virtues of thoughtfulness and careful, reasoned, intellectual debate. What virtues do you think you’re signaling about yourself?

[eric_cc]

Well since we’re in a thread about talking to dolphins:

The problem with virtue signaling is that it’s parroting virtue for social praise. This parrot-like, repeater-node behavior often attempts to move the conversation to virtue talking points and away from the specific topic.

To be clear, this is just about online virtue signaling. It’s just as silly in the physical world - certain attire, gestures, tribal obedience, etc.

[nfw2]

To call something “virtue-signaling” implies the primary motivation of the behavior is to associate characteristics with oneself. There is a problem with virtue signaling in a discussion if the purpose of the discussion is to evaluate ideas in an abstract space —- the discussion then ceases to be in good faith.

Moreover, if all statements made in such a context needed to be acted out in someway, that would negate the whole purpose of the abstract space.

The purpose of my rhetoric in this thread has been to illustrate the issues with your definition rather than to say something about myself.

[lotyrin]

I suspect that the people that dislike supporting Google probably don’t support Google. I imagine that the people who dislike supporting generative AI do not support or use it? Why are you assuming they are hypocrites?