Sometimes I write comments just to "get it out of my system". If the topic is something I wanted to work out in my mind anyway, it's a low-effort way to do that

Sometimes I write comments just to "get it out of my system". If the topic is something I wanted to work out in my mind anyway, it's a low-effort way to do that. Sometimes I comment because happen to know a lot about the topic or can add something useful or insightful that isn't common knowledge, but that is not that often. Some people are chasing "internet points." I see the allure and understand why it works. Over the years, I've gotten more selective about commenting. I've mostly grown out of commenting just because "someone is wrong on the internet" and I will usually skip commenting if the thread is old and no one will see my comment anyway. I'll never comment on popular FB/Instagram/etc posts where the comments are read-only trash and there's no chance of being heard.