>It encourages conforming to majority views and rewards people who are talkative rather than insightful - often mutually exclusive groups, since insight is gained by thinking & doing rather than posting comments.
Erm, I always upmod comments that I consider insightful. I think the picture is more complicated than you make it out to be.
Erm, I always upmod comments that I consider insightful. I think the picture is more complicated than you make it out to be.