there are a LOT more people commenting on posts and attacking the OP personally
Yes - noticed that too. It gets old when you post and know you're going to get a surly comment in return.
Yeah, it really pisses me off. I see lots of people who share interesting and informative content being met with harsh criticism and often personal attacks, as well as downvotes for no reason. And it seems that no matter what source is referred to as the original provider of the info, someone is on-the-ready to bash that source and call the OP an idiot for following that info source.
I posted an article from the America's Frontline Doctors website last week and a bunch of people jumped down my throat tearing the whole thing apart. I was like, "Are you fucking KIDDING ME?!?" I see AFD as an incredibly reputable source, especially on medical topics (which that post was).
I'd like to know where the list of "approved sources" is that we can post articles from without being attacked. No such list exists, of course.
Wow, agree with you on AFD.
RedPillQ17, your posts are among the best-sourced here. Please know that there are many of us who value your contributions.
Thanks so much for saying that. I've been really taken aback by how harsh responses have been lately. It's really de-motivating. Sometimes I'll spend many hours crafting a post and then 10 minutes after I post it, there's multiple people shitting all over it. =-O
The thing is, it's not just the poster getting pummeled, it's that other readers see all the comments bashing the post and likely just disregard the whole content since it's been attacked and/or down-voted by others. It's really disturbing and disheartening. Know what I mean?
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