Comment by big_toast

I think I was trying to bring up the mechanics of the forum as another reason.

Between the guidelines + user thoughts (e.g. repetition, low novelty/new info), there's other reasons these types of replies might end up dead.

I am worried that it leads to people self selecting to other forums biasing the remaining userbase vote/vouch/flag distributions. In an exit vs voice situation, the voice kinda dies out. Then we end up other-izing people and homogenizing our communities.

But I concede it's also possible that the minority opinion issue could be the core driving force.