[Railander]

>it almost might incentivize politician-style vacuous/feel-good statements

They for sure would since there's a word for that: demagoguery.

[perilunar]

Then those of us who hate "politician-style vacuous/feel-good statements" would down-rate them.

[heromal]

Yeah, but that does nothing on Reddit. Those "politician-style vacuous/feel-good statements" are already highly upvoted there.