• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I always feel trepidatious engaging in hexbear threads. I can’t tell if many of the takes on here are sincere or trolling, and the immediate mass response to guessing wrong is a dissincentive.

    You have to break through this.

    Engaging in having bad takes is a quick way to challenge yourself. And challenging yourself is good. Either you will come out with stronger confidence in the views that you have or you will learn new things and develop yourself as a person.

    Break through the fear of participation. There is never any end to learning, and never any end to developing our views. It is necessary to engage in challenging ourselves in order to advance.

    So you had a shit take? Who cares. Assuming you’re not a shit who actively avoids admitting when wrong and developing, all will be fine.

    • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Naw, I don’t mind much when someone points out that I had a shit take, and takes the time to help me understand it.

      An inbox-destroying number of messages about it is a different beast. At some point, a friendly correction or two changes in to a beast with no nuance or possibility of discussion.

      It results in a third outcome: the target stops learning or engaging at all.