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[–]jkfinn 38 insightful - 1 fun38 insightful - 0 fun39 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

r/GC was far bigger, far more established, and had more name recognition/prestige in the sense that reddit is to social media what amazon is the online shopping (well, not quite, but...) Also, one developed a certain effective posting rhythm over time which is missed. But this place is, I think, similar enough given its short time span. And in one way it is far superior, as far as this radical is concerned: it disallows down-voting, which means to me, that the twenty or so topics &/or positions I learned to avoid or needed to self-censor, I can speak out on here, and let what I said, stay without the public shaming. This, to me is the opposite of "seediness," or class.

[–]venecia 33 insightful - 1 fun33 insightful - 0 fun34 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Same. Removal of downvoting also removed the possibility of downvote/upvoting brigade from the TRAs. They would swamp reddit and downvote sane, thoughtful comments and upvote hateful, inflammatory comments. It served their purposes nicely. One side of that equation is balanced now as long as we upvote thoughtful content.

[–]jkfinn 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. I wrote reddit suggesting a -10 maximum for downvoting, which wd relieve commenters from having to check their rear view mirror after every challenging or unpopular comment, but (as expected) no response. And yes, many of my most downvoted posts (under -50) were rather long and relatively complex.