yup, night of the long knives. being a useful idiot never seems to work out, does it?

Strike "on facebook".

Yep, consistent scores also encourage farming karma rather than focusing on individual meaningful conversations. But that's exactly why social media drove the internet forum into extinction - rewarding those kinds of impulses, giving people the illusion that they're "building their brand", does wonders for engagement.

Welcome to Weimar 2.0. In case you haven't yet realized (and I understand why you might not want to think about it), this provides a negative roadmap to any terror group with a vendetta against white business owners. "yeah, you can smash any business that doesn't show up on this map - they're all complicit in white supremacy."

I hope your founding fathers were right and the Second Amendment will make a difference in how things play out in 'Murrica if things do get to that point.

That's just one of the chronic illnesses of any Reddit-style platform. Easy to get addicted to upboats and develop an unhealthy attitude to posting. At least you guys allow downvotes and show them independently, that alone already makes a big difference.