Discussion/Debate is an aspect the karma/voting system does not address well, and is something that could be improved upon. This is a pet peeve of mine because

Discussion/Debate is an aspect the karma/voting system does not address well, and is something that could be improved upon. This is a pet peeve of mine because karma/voting serves as a detracting feature of conversation by trying to "gamify" it, which then promotes virtue signaling, personal attacks, and a lack of personal belief development for the sake of optimizing analytics ($$$ and user engagement). In a nutshell, it's an easy way to either throw kindling on the fire or extinguish opinions that are different. Think of how annoying it would be to try and have a real life conversation only for people to butt in and add "Lol what a retard", "yOuRe So sMaRt", or "Fuck ____" to get handed a few pretend points and boost their ego.