> This site simply doesn't allow discourse anymore. Not unless you already agree with somebody. Shame. Hi, I really like discourse. Especially with people who

> This site simply doesn't allow discourse anymore. Not unless you already agree with somebody. Shame. Hi, I really like discourse. Especially with people who have strong opinions in a field I'm learning about. Notably, 'functional programming' is such a field, and you seem like such a person. However, statements like the above kind of turn me off from discourse. It heavily suggests there will be friction in the conversation. Thus, I would ask you to leave out the comments. Your points will still be made, and made more concisely. Moreover, it improves the chance someone will actually reply. This is doubly so when responding to downvotes, rather than responding to negative replies. Because downvotes don't look nearly as aggressive as negative replies. Moreover, the person reading your response is probably not the one who downvoted.