# My commitments as a digital gardener >[!NOTE]+ >This commitment is very heavily based on the one written by [swyx](https://www.swyx.io/digital-garden-tos#1-consideration-of-others) There are some ground rules to being a responsible Digital Gardener, and some things you can do to increase the yield on your work. ### 1. Consideration of Others - I will not publish private conversations or confidential information. - I will consider the feelings of others if I ever write negatively about something people have worked on or said.  - I will do my best to cover my bases and check that I have not assumed incompetence or malice due to my ignorance of the full body of work.  - I will err on the side of treating others as THEY want to be treated.  - I will “steelman” arguments - the opposite of “strawman arguments” - instead of picking on the weakest piece of their argument, I will confront head on their best argument by seeking first to understand before trying to be understood. ### 2. Epistemic Disclosure ==For any notes of my own creation==: - I will report how strongly I hold my beliefs, always reserving the right to be wrong and change my mind.  - I will report how much experience I have in the topic, by disclosing how much work I have done so far on it and linking to others who will know more. - I will link to further resources so that readers can discover influencing and contrasting opinions from the original source. ### 3. Response to Feedback - I will not get discouraged if I don’t receive feedback. I plant ideas in my Digital Garden for my own use, not solely to get visitors. - I will reward feedback by listening and immediately correcting things I got wrong. - I do not promise to agree with or respond to all feedback. ### See also - [[Digital Garden Terms of Service]] - [[Why I'm sharing my second brain]]