I do think their point reflects well in social media though. You'll see somebody propose an idea in a comment or post, and seemingly everybody will try to take

I do think their point reflects well in social media though. You'll see somebody propose an idea in a comment or post, and seemingly everybody will try to take it down with some counterargument. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, all ideas need temperment, but I also think to a certain degree people are just doing it to sound smart. In fact often the better the idea, the more people try to take it down. Though this perhaps falls more under contrarianism than pessimism