It's still better than not bothering to take a stance, right? Time is limited, I work at the moment, past deadlines, etc. Often if you reply too late, nobody notices. I don't comment for vanity reasons, but for that one person that can appreciate my effort.
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> It's still better than not bothering to take a stance, right?
No. It just makes the comments less valuable. I come to this site because of the diversity of insight and high quality of posts. No one is tallying the stances and declaring a "winner".
100,000 anti-vaxxer posts aren't going to make me an anti-vaxxer. One post that goes into the details of the molecular mechanisms that show how the chemicals in vaccines cause autism might (not that I expect it to happen, since it's baloney, but I hope you take my point).
You didn't get what I mean - I don't care about you or everybody that I won't be able to help; I care about the one person who I would help. I also don't care about the value of my comments, the karma, and other such things. I'm not here to service or entertain - and that includes myself, too. Take it or leave it, but don't go postal on people who try to help someone. Regarding autism - "Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children" [0].
[0]: https://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2476...
> but don't go postal on people who try to help someone
I hope I didn't come off that way, that was not my intention.
> I don't care about you or everybody that I won't be able to help; I care about the one person who I would help
Yes - my point is that that person might have been me. If you have an insight into a truth and you want to share it, but share it ineffectively, then we all lose.