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When someone posts a non-engaging comment Like "OMG I can't believe some one unrec'd this post," Or "I disagree," such posts aren't discussion. They are navel gazing i.e. self referential pointless "look at me" posts. I happen to hate them. I enjoy engagement, discussion, examination of motivations and reasoning etc etc. That is how I learn not only what others think but why. That is how I learn to modify and incorporated others views into my own and the info they pass on that changes my own views. It is how I grow (and I happen to think that is how most people grow - but that's just my opinion)

A chain of navel gazing would be when one person posts a navel gazer, and someone answers with an equally non thought provoking post. All Of this is just a reflection of my preferences for actual discussion.