Comment by standardly

Comment by standardly 13 hours ago

I'm also guilty of what they accuse you of. Sometimes my internet comments are not made for the purpose of sparking discussion, but more of a "vent" where I know my take is not popular but I feel the need to throw it out there anyway. The comment is more for "me" than anyone else. And, yeah.. that makes it a bad comment lol.

I also just love playing devil's advocate, and I'm adverse to hivemindy-feeling opinions (even when I share them). Maybe this all describes you, too.

hurrckplgbd 12 hours ago

I don't have a problem with people doing that as long as they don't pretend that every other commenter holds the same contrary opinion and that the downvotes indicate they're too sensitive to discuss such things, or other similar rationalizations. If you want to leave some drive-by snark without rationalizing it as being about other people, it's not my favorite kind of comment but I'm not going to object to it either.

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pwlm an hour ago

The downvoting functionality here and in other forums can mean many things. It isn't a precise thing. If it is precise I'm not finding a clear definition. It can mean I disagree, this is boring, this is false, this made me sad, I don't like reading this, I don't like this user, I'm tired, etc.
One plausible interpretation of a downvote without a comment is drive-by snark without rationalizing.

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