I often see comment chains repeat themselves across multiple seperate posts; days, months, and even years apart. The conversation will flow in precisely the same way every time.
It gives you this sense that you've heard it all before, which to be fair, tends to happen if you spend enough time discussing things online anyways (you start to see in your mind all the counter arguments you'll receive (and then eventually conclude that it's not even worth posting, because you know what the replies will be)).
But I've found that repetition nearly robotic on Reddit, and it hardly feels as though I'm speaking to a person at all on many of the largest Subreddits, but rather an algorithm of predefined responses.
Almost like a shitty RPG NPC.
I honestly think point systems in general are programing humans. On a mass scale you can control crowds of people to do almost anything, down to rioting using a points system.
I've tried my best to seperate myself from any point based feedback on every interaction I have with the web for this reason.
But people are so hooked into it, it's kind of a nightmare honestly.
How many times have you heard the average person around you utter the same sentiments? "This is the new normal", "systemic racism"... Ect.
All of these sites are using points, and everyone is slowly losing their humanity and individuality.
