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elliuss · 3216 days ago · link · · parent · post: Do you feel that Reddit culture has had a negative influence on your ability to hold reasoned discussion?
I would love the opportunity to have my mind changed. It's already happened to me here on a topic after being around a few weeks. I can't remember the last time it happened on Reddit.
Last time it happened to me was when I was using RES to tag people based on their self-proclaimed professions. Whenever I found someone I'd tagged profoundly in the negative in a conversation, I'd make a concerted effort to keep the conversation going by appealing to their career and approaching the conversation with an implicit understanding of where they're coming from. When everyone is just a faceless name, it's a lot easier to stop treating people as human beings with an entire ethos that drives their opinions and interactions.