Likes and reply notifications suck.
It used to be that if you made an awesome post in a thread you'd go back to see if anyone replied, and keep the awesome thread going. Now if you dont see a like or reply notification you know tim ruined the thread and everyone is talking about some inane #### that nobody really cares about.
It used to be that internet arguments could die. But now you get a reply notification the moment someone quotes you, which just amps up the bickering. Oh my ####### ####, donkeydong94192 quoted me? What did he say? WHAT DID HE SAY? Wait, are you even kidding me right now? I wrote like twelve sentences of pure gold and he just said rolleyes? #### that guy. I'm going to rip him to internet pieces. I can't leave that rolleyes out there. Everyone must see that I won this argument.
It was a good idea, it didnt work. End the experiment.