Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Presumably you're not bothered when people consider themselves "happy," only when they take that on as some kind of social identifier? I'm just not even sure what you think you're conserving here

I'd love to hash this out in DMs if you're interested. I think we're in danger of talking past each other here. Fwiw I follow many of the IDW folks and like some of them quite a lot, so my concern is in some sense just about the utility of label engineering generally...

Why in DMs?

Either way is fine. DMs just feel like a better UI for actual conversation

It just seems strange to ask a *bunch* of questions publically and then try to move actual discussion into a private channel. I am much happier to discuss what I consider a poor frame proposed in public... in public

Okay! So, do you have a crisp and clear definition of IDW that you like?

Nope -- for the same reason don't I have a clear definition of "happy people," "good thinkers," or even "my friends." (All of these are actually fuzzier.) I have crisp definitions for groups certified by top-down organizations, and I don't think those rule the day.

So, is it "I know it when I see it" or are people only IDW if they voluntarily self-identify as such?