Wow, that Ubiquity thread is glorious. It's a perfect mix of sarcasm and reflection. I think the problem stems from a shift in how users "reddit". The upvote b

Wow, that Ubiquity thread is glorious. It's a perfect mix of sarcasm and reflection. I think the problem stems from a shift in how users "reddit". The upvote button is now analogous to a "like" button. It doesn't encourage users to take context (eg subreddit) of the post into account. Reddit encourages its popular and hot feeds - a meta assortment that strips posts of some of their context. So, everything is truly reduced to just "good or bad".