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user-inactivated  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Watch reddit implode in real time

I think the biggest disappointment in hubski for me is that it doesn't actually result in the sort of intellectually stimulating conversations I was looking for.

When I came here it wasn't with the intent of being in an environment where people are nice or polite, it was to be in an environment where finding good, valuable discourse would be easier to do.

Unfortunately, that requires a certain level of intellectual honesty, and I'm finding it lacking. The idea that a memegenerator link detracts from the point, for example. It doesn't, it just offends your sensibilities.

But really, it's about the popularity contest that results from the way this site works. This entire conversation resulted because I pointed out to one of the most popular posters on this site that they're complaining about something that is a natural consequence of humans being social creatures.

How dare I.