Hot is garbage for discussions imo, if something is “hot” that means everyone agrees with the idea, if everyone agrees then the discussion will be pointless or nearly pointless beyond reinforcing your current beliefs.
And the point of a forum is discussion, not the circlejerk of upvoting and downvoting
It’s almost entirely upvotes, I’ve never seen a post with less upvotes but more comments and the same time of posting higher in the front page. And given the obvious and documented presence of downvote manipulators here, it’s silly to put so much faith in them. Stickies serve a useful purpose, I’m sure if you posted something worth stickying and made a comment pinging a mod they would consider it, especially if that comment showed a consensus or atleast common support
You have one upvote to give. Do you receive the same value from consuming a twitter screenshot or other similar shower-thought type content as you do from a deep, well thought out text post full of links to supporting info/documentary?
If you don’t receive the same value from these things, but one is infinitely more conducive to upvotes (I swear atleast 10% of your upvotes come from people misunderstanding your titles lol) - don’t you think there should be some way to “signal boost” these valuable topics? The shit that TD pins is almost always stuff those apes would have upvoted anyway
Hot is garbage for discussions imo, if something is “hot” that means everyone agrees with the idea, if everyone agrees then the discussion will be pointless or nearly pointless beyond reinforcing your current beliefs.
And the point of a forum is discussion, not the circlejerk of upvoting and downvoting
It’s almost entirely upvotes, I’ve never seen a post with less upvotes but more comments and the same time of posting higher in the front page. And given the obvious and documented presence of downvote manipulators here, it’s silly to put so much faith in them. Stickies serve a useful purpose, I’m sure if you posted something worth stickying and made a comment pinging a mod they would consider it, especially if that comment showed a consensus or atleast common support
You have one upvote to give. Do you receive the same value from consuming a twitter screenshot or other similar shower-thought type content as you do from a deep, well thought out text post full of links to supporting info/documentary?
If you don’t receive the same value from these things, but one is infinitely more conducive to upvotes (I swear atleast 10% of your upvotes come from people misunderstanding your titles lol) - don’t you think there should be some way to “signal boost” these valuable topics? The shit that TD pins is almost always stuff those apes would have upvoted anyway