I haven't really noticed much of this on here. Did I miss some posts? I agree with you by the way and have had a few such debates, but everyone has been surprisingly civil. I haven't seen anything I'd call trolling on steemit yet. I have started to wonder if the chance to earn money and perhaps the reputation system is somehow encouraging more civility than is normally present in such discussions.
When I debate such topics on reddit I often feel like I am wading into trench warfare. I don my flak vest, grab my gas mask, and hope that the walls don't cave in on me.
I have not experienced a single instance of that here. Have you? If so I missed those posts.
Haha. "Wading into trench warfare." I love that analogy. So true.
And I agree with you about Steemit. I mentioned in my post that Steemit is creating a culture of more compassionate communication, and there is less of that type of behavior here. Not surprising, though. People are incentivized to think a little before they write if they want possible up votes on their commentary.
Thanks for this response. Well said.
I've been in the trenches.... reddit (or steemit) isn't even close ;)
Steemit is not the trenches. It is way to civil for that, which I think is a compliment, perhaps we can have great conversations without resorting to name calling, condescension, etc. . I've seen some pretty bad places and I've waded in before. I don't tend to like to stay there for long. You do have that "feel" of a veteran of such places though.
The trenches are where you meet these guys...
And trust me, they love their job.
Yeah I know all about them. My wife was one before it got to that level. Now she doesn't like them and is glad she is not one.
She and I were around 60 of them in a small town when they were worried about Hell's Angels having their annual gathering near by.
The Hell's Angels were not bad. Those 60 guys were.
I like this one A LOT!
