• SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    If users are the problem and the platform encourages/enables them to behave like that, then the problem is the platform. Redditors act that way because the system incentivizes it.

    • shadowbert@lemmy.world
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      30 days ago

      What alternatives to votes would you propose to handle this better? Because I have no doubt the same thing will happen here too…

      It’s just how people work, especially when things get heated. That said, perhaps that’s a poor example as a heated discussion isn’t necessary a helpful/constructive one…