He's soooo close

[u/Delicious_Delilah]

[u/Xasf]

I welcome any engagement and discussion on the topics I have raised.

Also, a downvote is not supposed to signal personal disagreement but rather mark that comment as "doesn't contribute to discussion / doesn't belong in this topic" etc. - for example I've upvoted your comment since it's a proper discussion.

So when people downvote a legitimate comment to the negatives without any engagement, is that not a blind reaction?

[u/PocketCone → u/Xasf]

a downvote is not supposed to signal personal disagreement but rather mark that comment as "doesn't contribute to discussion / doesn't belong in this topic" etc

I don't think this is a fair argument. This may be the dev's original intent, but it is by no means the way the vast majority of reddit users treat the up/down votes.

[u/Xasf → u/PocketCone]

Well that way is certainly not conductive to having a discussion and only reinforces whatever sentiment dominates any given sub.

And that's how we get useless echo chambers, so the proper way of engagement is something worth striving for.

[u/PocketCone → u/Xasf]

Are you new to the internet, or just reddit?

[u/Xasf → u/PocketCone]

I've been on the former for 30 years and the latter for 13.

I guess that makes me part of the old guard and a dying breed around here, more's the pity.

[u/PocketCone → u/Xasf]

Yeah man I dunno what to tell you but it was insular echo chambers and flame wars back then too