Not that long ago to find both sides of an argument in the comments you could search by "controversial" and the negative comments would be at the top and often you'd agree with them, or at least appreciate the debate. Now they are mostly gone. It was probably a combination of banning wrong-think and dissidents learning to not waste their time.
The worst thing for a forum is to let users punish comments they disagree with, you know, one way by fading out their comments until you cant read them.
The worst thing for a forum is to let users punish comments they disagree with, you know, one way by fading out their comments until you cant read them.