Sometimes when I get upvoted on here (and got upvoted back on Reddit), I feel compelled to ask myself if it’s because I’ve made a cogent point or if it’s because I said something that people want to be true authoritatively enough and got lucky with the upvote ratio early on. It’s frustrating sometimes, and I don’t really know what to do about it.
I miss forums and such where votes didn’t exist and you simply commented or not
But I do understand how when too many people begin using the thing votes clear up a lot the message boards that would otherwise just be agreement and whatnot
To your point: it’s always a new and random mix of both making a good point and saying what people want to hear. Just gotta not really care
Sometimes when I get upvoted on here (and got upvoted back on Reddit), I feel compelled to ask myself if it’s because I’ve made a cogent point or if it’s because I said something that people want to be true authoritatively enough and got lucky with the upvote ratio early on. It’s frustrating sometimes, and I don’t really know what to do about it.
I miss forums and such where votes didn’t exist and you simply commented or not
But I do understand how when too many people begin using the thing votes clear up a lot the message boards that would otherwise just be agreement and whatnot
To your point: it’s always a new and random mix of both making a good point and saying what people want to hear. Just gotta not really care