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Originally Posted by bduddy
The flat view generally used in CD means posts get lost incredibly easily, which is probably the best thing about Reddit - good posts get found, not buried.
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But I think one of the big problems everyone is pointing out is that the rationale for what makes a post "good" vs. "bad" is too shoddy and unreliable. There's ample evidence that most of the highest rated posts will just be the ones that are mildly humorous or unoffensive and appealing to the greatest number of people. This is what leads to that hivemind claim, because the best way to get noticed is to go along with the mindset of the populous.
Polite, respectful disagreement is what drives deep, thoughtful discussion. Reddit inherently suppresses that, and I could flip your statement around and say the voting system generally used in Reddit means minority arguments get lost incredibly easily, which is probably the best thing about CD - good discussion gets promoted, not buried.