> When someone asked, he got downvoted a bunch and ridiculed, which reminds me of why I don't have a Reddit account.
This happens on HN too.
No it doesn't. Aside from people here actually being curious about things, the site itself isn't designed for flame wars. It also makes it hard to get downvoted so much that your account goes into questionable standing. I'm guessing people on Reddit fix that by farming karma somewhere else, but no way am I going to bother with that.
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