My argument is more that things haven’t changed. Some people end up posting as if this is Reddit and others would point that out. I don’t think this type of interaction will go away because there’s nothing currently that explicitly guides you about how to post here other than community feedback and if you post something egregious - mod actions. And that’s okay. Downvote it, comment on it, etc. Make the community yours.

Similar things have happened in comedy where comedians would complain: “I miss the old days when you could joke about this or that.” If you check newspapers, you will see this trend going all the way back to 1900s.

This community is definitely different from when I joined. Just take a look at comments from 15 years ago. Back then far fewer people could down vote (because they hadn’t reached the right level of karma) yet equally far fewer people posted low quality comments.

The vast majority of the stuff that was downvoted was factually incorrect content.

it’s been pretty similar for the last ~decade though.