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I think the down votes are for spouting nonsense instead of having a rational discussion about the article.
by everdev 8y ago
I think the down votes are for spouting nonsense instead of having a rational discussion about the article.
- carmate383 8y agoHow does one rationally discuss an irrational conjecture?
- nitrogen 8y agoStart with the principle of charity.
- rapsey 8y agoAnd for toxic attitude that ruined /r/programming
- carmate383 8y agoYou think being open to true _facts_ implies a toxic attitude? You must really live in a small, limited world. Here's a graph displaying some factual and relevant information: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=Ruby%20on%20Rails https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=R...
- sergiotapia 8y agoLet people say what they want to say online - what is this culture of wanting to shut down everything.
- rapsey 8y agoShouting and insulting people is no way to have a discussion. Without moderation or some other mechanism this is what online communities devolve into and it destroys them. /r/programming used to have lots of great discussion. Now it's mostly a deserted wasteland.
- sergiotapia 8y ago>Shouting and insulting people is no way to have a discussion. Says you! I don't enjoy the flaming, but things have gone too far to the other side where you can't anything online or you get CoC broken over it.
- everdev 8y agoI think the forum matters. Want to insult people and get praised for it? Twitter and Reddit are the place to be. Just like in the real world, some language is appropriate at the library and some is better saved for the bar.