That’s true. But there are few circumstances that would warrant posting a comment that you know most people in your community will think is bad.
If you want to say something you expect to be unpopular, you can almost always phrase it in away that contextualizes why you are saying it, and urges people to consider the extenuating context before downvoting. If you don’t do this, then you’re just doing exactly what you shouldn’t be doing, if your goal was to make some kind of change.
edit: Another possibility would be this: instead of suppressing posts that you have predicted to be poorly received, the system simply forces you to sit on them for an hour or so before posting. This should reduce the odds that you are writing something in the heat of the moment and increase the relative odds that your probably-controversial post is actually valuable.
That’s true. But there are few circumstances that would warrant posting a comment that you know most people in your community will think is bad.
If you want to say something you expect to be unpopular, you can almost always phrase it in away that contextualizes why you are saying it, and urges people to consider the extenuating context before downvoting. If you don’t do this, then you’re just doing exactly what you shouldn’t be doing, if your goal was to make some kind of change.
edit: Another possibility would be this: instead of suppressing posts that you have predicted to be poorly received, the system simply forces you to sit on them for an hour or so before posting. This should reduce the odds that you are writing something in the heat of the moment and increase the relative odds that your probably-controversial post is actually valuable.