What's up with people always being detractors in monthly/weekly sale threads?

[vivster]

Teeqoz said:

vivster said:

Because positive comments are the bane of this forum. They add absolutely nothing other than another clap in the applause that is the OP.

Discussion comes with opposition. Agreeing with something is the least productive and most boring thing a person can do in a forum that, I hope, is based on discussion rather than circlejerking each other.

If it was just about agreeing and celebrating things we should just scrap the comment function and make everything a poll with only a "yes" option.

You can have opposition and disagreements with positivity as well. If the others aren't positive but you are, then you're bound to get people that disagree with eachother.

 Just look at people that are positive on Wii U sales. That always gives plenty of discussion.

Maybe rare cases. But real discussion always starts with some idiot spouting fanboy nonsense. Only then will people be motivated enough to bring out real facts to counter the argument. That's where you get most information.

Imagine sales threads of people just gratulating whoever sold something. That thread would be pointless. No one would be motivated enough to provide further facts or put things into perspective if everyone would just agree and be nice about things.

I mean let's be honest. Compiling information and forming an argument is 99% of the time motivated by either attacking someone's ego or to boost your own(and in extension attack someone else's ego with that).