• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    It’s not about them it’s about the other people that might be influenced by their post.

    Online is never an A&B conversation, which is why I usually avoid direct confrontation and just provide well structured, clear information, because I don’t really care whether I can convince someone who has made up their mind.

    It’s about deconstructing the argument with clear digestible information for the dozens of lurkers.

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      6 hours ago

      LOL as if. Literally I will see people with logical responses getting ripped apart because the person they are arguing with just sounds more right and or it fits what people wanted to hear in that specific echo chamber.

      Say something cause you want to say it, not cause you are giving yourself points on an invisible scoreboard for people that might not exist.

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        30 minutes ago

        I think you may want to reread what I wrote because this is barely related. Feels more like something happened and you’re just looking for a vent.

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          5 minutes ago

          No its related In that, I dont believe the lurkers are appreciating it like you think they are. And that logical responses are often still beaten by emotional forces. And, getting the high of watching a “nerd” get dunked on is likely more of not all of the counter arguments received perspective when commenting against the perceived right take of a community.

          If you are commenting, you are doing it for yourself. Inventing an imaginary person that is receiving your argument other than the person you are talking to is silly and delusional in the truest sense of that word.