I can’t say I never downvote anyone but I get into these comment chains from time to time where really no matter what I post whoever I’m talking to downvotes every response but I generally shy away from downvoting even things I dislike. I don’t want to fall into an echo chamber where all I see are only the things I agree with.

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    23 hours ago

    It’s worthwhile for an online community to not become just another pointless echo chamber.

    It’s worthwhile for men to respect when women want to gather on our own and talk about things without men’s voices.

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      22 hours ago

      I’m not sure that constitutes an echo chamber necessarily. Women alone obviously have very diverse opinions on topics, same for men and non-binary people. Now if there’s a specific narrative and everyone agrees and any disagreement or questioning is seen as an attack then that’s probably an echo chamber.

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        22 hours ago

        Oh you absolutely thought it did when you DMed me to argue about making sure the rules are being applied equally in womensstuff.

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          21 hours ago

          More so to apologize but yeah rules should be applied equally since there was another guy in those same threads although i don’t agree with the point they were making.

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            21 hours ago

            I’d be really curious to know if you DM other community members with the same concern after you’ve been reprimanded for breaking the rules.

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                21 hours ago

                Oh I have to do the work for you, can’t just be honest?

                I do think it is weird how concerned you are about the rules being applied equally in a community that you aren’t even welcome in to begin with. It’s not your concern.

                If a community wants to use downvotes as a way of communicating displeasure or rule breaking, that’s their prerogative.

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                  21 hours ago

                  I was just offering. I’m all about rule following everywhere, not just in a particular community and breaking the rules should definitely be downvoted. Once again I’m apologizing for the human error on that comment.

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                    20 hours ago

                    You’re more than welcome to become a mod of your own community where you can be sure the rules are applied as you prefer.