I think it depends on the subreddit and topic. For cases where most people already have a strongly-held opinion (say, when discussing any culture-war topics on

I think it depends on the subreddit and topic. For cases where most people already have a strongly-held opinion (say, when discussing any culture-war topics on a one-sided sub), sure, giving a witty or rousing restatement of the predominant opinion is a cheap way to score points. For cases where strong pre-existing opinions are rare, a high-quality turns-out style refutation of the existing narrative can do just as well as an affirmation would. Not everything on reddit is culture war, though. there are plenty of peaceful subs out there where there's no narrative to echo.