Most dissenting comments get a lazy downvote if it doesn't jibe with their thinking.

That's not really what a downvote is for in my opinion.

Discussion should be the outcome of dissenting opinions and increasingly it just isn't the case here.

Of course there are still great discussions to be had within this framework, and some of the pitfalls of voat are avoided by operating in this manner.

Two different worlds I suppose

Most dissenting comments get a lazy downvote if it doesn't jibe with their thinking.

That's not really what a downvote is for in my opinion.

Discussion should be the outcome of dissenting opinions and it's increasingly just isn't the case here.

Of course there are still great discussions to be had within this framework, and some of the pitfalls of voat are avoided by operating in this manner.

Two different worlds I suppose