And this is why I think people don’t naturally do it this way. Lots of arguments have a “common body” of thought that it gets repetitive to include with each comment. Even when they don’t, people tend to just not think of arguments as “graphs” of justifications. They think of them like a serial back and forth of people on a podium giving speeches and engaging in “rhetorical battle”, and it’s more fun and engaging to write them that way on the internet.
And this is why I think people don’t naturally do it this way. Lots of arguments have a “common body” of thought that it gets repetitive to include with each comment. Even when they don’t, people tend to just not think of arguments as “graphs” of justifications. They think of them like a serial back and forth of people on a podium giving speeches and engaging in “rhetorical battle”, and it’s more fun and engaging to write them that way on the internet.