Huh! I hadn’t thought about it in such stark terms before, and I’d like to disagree, but there may be something in that.
Is that an original thought, or did you get it from somewhere? It sounds like something that should be an eponymous law.
It’s very visible on Reddit. Large subreddits have either very strict moderation, or they are low quality (I’m excepting picture subs here because they work differently)
I have observed that any comments criticizing anyone, regardless of wether they are justified or not seem to be recieved poorly on modern forums.
I believe this is due to an ongoing effort to make forums safe spaces, somehow honest critical thinking is no longer accepted in the current environment. Right or wrong, it is what it is.
So if You are really concerned with the fake points You are accumulating then just tow the line, get with the woke SJW movement or submit articles of interest to balance out the backlash from the mob....I probably better start looking for a good article :P
My personal impression is, that it got a lot worse since Covid, which I attribute to more people doing home office and/or having more free time. Any discussion forum that grows gets worse.
But both my impressions and the 2nd part might be wrong.