At about 20K I realized that I was largely posting only when I could contribute to an echo chamber. I decided after that to only defend unpopular ideas with mer

At about 20K I realized that I was largely posting only when I could contribute to an echo chamber. I decided after that to only defend unpopular ideas with merit, and the process of rational good faith argument. It gives me so much anxiety sometimes that I go back to comments that are getting upvoted too much to add details or nuance to my opinion that will reverse the trend.