Comment by mceachen
3 years ago
Top-rated comments can be hit or miss though. Toxic snark under the guise of "wit" can still get upvoted (even when the community rules specifically discourage it).
3 years ago
Top-rated comments can be hit or miss though. Toxic snark under the guise of "wit" can still get upvoted (even when the community rules specifically discourage it).
It does get upvoted. That's a weakness of the upvoting system, unfortunately. We downweight it when we see it stuck at the top of the thread, but we don't always see it.
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Daniel, my hat's off to you! Thanks for pushing for civil discourse. +100.