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More than likely because your comment, while a reasonable reaction, isn't really a comment that facilitates discussion, which is not preferred and seen as white
by csydas 10y ago
More than likely because your comment, while a reasonable reaction, isn't really a comment that facilitates discussion, which is not preferred and seen as white noise. Most people are fine with profanity in reasonable amounts but it should have more content. Reactions alone tend to not give a lot of room for discussion on the topic so much as the reaction itself, inquiring and understanding the commenter's position instead of the article.
- superbatfish 10y agoSure, I was even a little worried that it would be perceived that way immediately after I posted it. (Although my concerns weren't articulated to myself as well as your point.) But at the time that I left my comment, this thread had very few votes and only 2 comments. It looked like it was just about to fall off the bottom of the front page. I figured a simple "dude, wtf" comment for the (very) few of us who were participating in this thread at the time would be interpreted as: "If you don't know what to make of this, but you know you don't like it, I'm with you." As it turns out, at least some of downvoting was due to some people's serious misunderstanding of the original article. See for example, aaron695's misguided comment below about "gay sex". Anyway, sorry for the meta-meta discussion.