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1 year agoI wrote a bunch of sentences with honest responses to their questions. But crickets…
TBF I’m sure they’re dealing with a lot of new signups rn.
I wrote a bunch of sentences with honest responses to their questions. But crickets…
TBF I’m sure they’re dealing with a lot of new signups rn.
IMO there’s something about the style of vote-moderated public posting that leads people to want to posture as confident and authoritative, even when they don’t have a lot to add. And cynicism is a cheap way of looking smart (since it undercuts the need to deal with complexity and nuance). So there’s a constant bias towards posting cynicism or framing ideas cynically.
On the flip side, shorter comments are easier to read, and sarcastic/cynical retorts/summaries are more likely to get upvoted when they’re shorter/funnier than effortposts. So there’s also maybe a bias to upvote cynicism.