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>Which it does by default.
It's very simple to change for anyone who doesn't want posts hidden.

>Here they don't get hidden.
Neither are they on Reddit unless the user wants them to be.

>It does by default, the vast majority of people who use that website probably aren't aware such a preference exists
By that logic the vast majority of Windows users should be using Internet Explorer. If people didn't like that setting most would change it. It's a simple click on preferences and on the first page, it's not hidden or difficult to understand.

you mean british menace

>Downvotes and the option to ignore is just a system of convenience for those that want it.
And apparently wanting it is the default setting.

>Instead of responding "that's bullshit" you can just click a downvote and you've voiced your dissent in a cleaner and quicker way.
In an unthinking and cowardly way. Why refute someone when you can just silence them, right?

>It doesn't change behaviour.
It does because it takes a voice away from one side of an argument. It also leads to the pathetic levels of false friendliness you see on reddit. People communicate on there in a way no human actually does in real life. Every posts ends with "but good post, though" or "nice thinking :)".

>unless the user wants them to be
What part of default aren't you getting?

>It's very simple to change for anyone who doesn't want posts hidden
And as we've said before, most people don't which makes the whole thing pointless. If you're going to continue repeating yourself and not bothering to digest the argument presented to you then I don't see the point in humouring you any further.

Why were you browsing their thread then?

>In an unthinking and cowardly way.
That's ridiculous. Strangers don't have a responsibility to listen or interact with you if they don't want to.

>Why refute someone when you can just silence them, right?
Downvoting doesn't silence anyone since hiding posts is optional.

>It also leads to the pathetic levels of false friendliness you see on reddit
If you've ever been on Facebook or in any sort of workplace chat group that's honestly how most normal people interact in trying to avoid insulting you or appearing critical.

>What part of default aren't you getting?
It's a preference. Preferences exist to be changed and often are. You can't claim an optional feature as a forced element of the site.

>Every posts ends with "but good post, though" or "nice thinking :)"
Don't we do that here?

>Downvoting doesn't silence anyone
At this point you've got to be doing it intentionally.

>Facebook or in any sort of workplace chat group
Which reddit isn't. There's a difference between how people who know eachother interact and how strangers trying to appear nice do.