I disagree. I think this is anti-epistemic and tends to devolve easily into bad manners, politics, and harassment.
See, e.g., the Sufficient Velocity forum, where any reaction with a negative sentiment (including things as mild as ‘sarcasm’ and ‘Picard facepalm’, and ones that were only accessible in limited quantities to paid subscribers) were quickly discontinued because they were used for flaming and Internet Arguments.
I disagree. I think this is anti-epistemic and tends to devolve easily into bad manners, politics, and harassment.
See, e.g., the Sufficient Velocity forum, where any reaction with a negative sentiment (including things as mild as ‘sarcasm’ and ‘Picard facepalm’, and ones that were only accessible in limited quantities to paid subscribers) were quickly discontinued because they were used for flaming and Internet Arguments.