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Crowd-pleasing is just positive feedback, not usually a good thing in a discussion. Polarizing comments, tend to shunt discussion off into a particular directio
by fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
Crowd-pleasing is just positive feedback, not usually a good thing in a discussion. Polarizing comments, tend to shunt discussion off into a particular direction therefore distracting from other points of discussion. Either are great for karma whoring, but not usually great for increasing the quality of a debate.
- kbenson 13y agoI agree that polarizing comments may detract from a discussion, but I also believe they may serve a useful purpose, which is to more clearly define general sides of an argument, which can then be easily used to individuals to define their particular stance. E.g. I believe/am an X, but with caveats Y.