Responding to new ideas

[Zed26]

The Discovery community certainly is a merciless place. Sure, sometimes ideas appear that might not be the best, but at least there's new stuff being proposed and it's opened for discussion. I voted "no" on the recent ingame list proposal, but didn't have time to list reasons why before it was locked.

Really folks, either give some constructive criticism or simply say, "No thank you." I know it's hard for some people to resist seizing the opportunity to be an internet tough guy when real life is full of social anxiety and a minimum of civility in order to get by, but a long rant about how your massive IQ can't even fathom the idiocy, or being a memer isn't helpful - it creates a chilling effect that makes people reluctant to suggest new things or open up a discussion at all.

If you're finding this concept hard to grasp and want to think more self-centered, it also makes it harder for other people to take your own suggestions seriously.

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