Agreed, although for me it is not about the responses, but about what it does for me: If you take your posts seriously (and I generally do), you try to construc

Agreed, although for me it is not about the responses, but about what it does for me: If you take your posts seriously (and I generally do), you try to construct a comment that is well-written and well-founded. In that process sometimes I have to come to the conclusion that my initial reaction was wrong entirely, wrong partially, incomplete, not supported by evidence or simply an overreaction. I learn from trying to make my point and failing, without anybody ever seeing the attempt. It's better than simulating an argument in my head because of the definitiveness of posting a comment and because I am already at the device with which I most easily (fail to) find sources/support for my arguments.