[Insanity000]

I think the issue here is the dots and people giving negative rep for the wrong reasons... We're all told "they're just dots" but how many of us actually believe that? How many of you would be ok with a bunch of red dots.

I find it far too often that people post a differing opinion and get negative rep for it. That's not what the rep system is necessarily for. A differing opinion is not "wrong" persay and not necessarily deserving negative rep. I don't think people understand the purpose of the dot system. Why would someone who has a different view deserve negative rep.

This happens far too often and people are concerned of getting negative rep for posting a unpopular opinion and that's why I think people have throwaways.

Tl;dr the dot system/improper use of it causes people to feel the need for throwaways