what it comes down to is people here don't present easily dismissible notions for my above average intelligence to ignore; those on reddit do.
Not having a downvote is valuable.
Limiting max score is valuable.
but people still abuse overrated/troll/flamebait on Slashdot.
the core of the problem is that truly intelligent people have moved on to greater aspirations than internet posting. Also, the dumb people on forums these days are a lot dumber than they were 15 years ago when I was getting started. And no, that's not just my perception in hindsight. The noise has gotten bad enough that I just don't participate in them. People don't see clearly like they used to, so it's not worth pointing.
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what it comes down to is people here don't present easily dismissible notions for my above average intelligence to ignore; those on reddit do.
Not having a downvote is valuable. Limiting max score is valuable.
but people still abuse overrated/troll/flamebait on Slashdot.
the core of the problem is that truly intelligent people have moved on to greater aspirations than internet posting. Also, the dumb people on forums these days are a lot dumber than they were 15 years ago when I was getting started. And no, that's not just my perception in hindsight. The noise has gotten bad enough that I just don't participate in them. People don't see clearly like they used to, so it's not worth pointing.
Probably correlated with more internet connectivity than 15 years ago.
but AOL?