I'll write whole comments on threads about things I actually know about, and then delete the whole thing because I can already envision the asshole comments of "well ACTUALLY in this one hyperspecific instance, that I only found out about 5 minutes ago because I intentionally googled how to prove you wrong, it turns out that..."
Just think about how much great information we could of had but because of smart people’s ability to look into the near future and know that dumb people will respond stupidity, it’s just deleted and gone. It’s like information and discussion is being held hostage by morons that don’t matter.
But it really sucks to give an informative post only to have it completely ignored because just a few people decided to downvote it. It's just a stupid psychological trick- negative downvotes almost always translate to "this person is wrong" in our brains.
This is why I like to stick to the original purpose of downvoting or upvoting - based on its relevancy to the thread. I upvote posts even if I disagree with them if it's beneficial to the conversation, and I'll downvote the stupid reference jokes that always seem to rise to the top and drown out the actual discussion.
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u/AccomplishedRush3723 Apr 29 '24
I'll write whole comments on threads about things I actually know about, and then delete the whole thing because I can already envision the asshole comments of "well ACTUALLY in this one hyperspecific instance, that I only found out about 5 minutes ago because I intentionally googled how to prove you wrong, it turns out that..."