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by rjh29 1329 days ago
Good point. Pedantry is tolerated here and there is a culture of upvoting nitpicks because it fits in with the 'engineering ethos'. I have similar experiences at work too. But Reddit for example, while low quality in many ways, downvotes most pedantry as socially unacceptable and mirrors 'real life'.