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It needs a section on muting. If you receive too many downvotes in a certain time frame you'll find yourself muted for a while and get a "you're posting too fas
by Causality1 6y ago
It needs a section on muting. If you receive too many downvotes in a certain time frame you'll find yourself muted for a while and get a "you're posting too fast" message when you try to comment. This can be triggered well after the comments were made. For example, if you you have a discussion thread where you have four or five comments they can sit on 1 even overnight but if you come back the next day to find the tide has turned and all of them are in the negatives you'll probably be muted for a few hours.
This is why it can be smart to take the temperature of the crowd before replying to a thread. Your liability for a bad opinion or picking the wrong side scales linearly with the number of comments.
- aww_dang 6y ago"Damn the votes, full speed ahead" Posters should go full speed ahead if issue is with a topically relevant opinion, not the way it is expressed. We're all here for different reasons, but I like to presume we want to discuss a topic online. Gaining Internet points or avoiding moderation penalties shouldn't be a priority. If it is, the result is sycophantic conformance. This makes for uninteresting discussions.
- Causality1 6y agoThat's great up until you have something you really want to say on a post you're very interested in and find you're not allowed to say anything at all.
- aww_dang 6y agoSelf-censorship or outright muzzling. Pick your poison. I'd rather people speak their mind, even unpopular opinions.