I takes me a long time to write messages. I rarely write all of the replies that I think to write in a given week. I guess it appears that I ghost people.
This is especially true with dissenting comments.
I personally dislike flame wars. When I write a reply to a dissenting comment, I usually write then reply, then go to a different tab and work on other things before posting the reply.
This cool down period helps prevent me from dropping a reply that I might other regret.
The problem with the cool down idea is that I often forget to publish the reply.
The life cycle of a HIVE post is less than a week so I figure that it really is no big deal.
BTW: I completely forgot that I owned a grand of ENGAGE tokens. In response to your second meme:
!ENGAGE
I think people can disagree and not get nasty. Now, it doesn't always play out that way but think the general goal is we should try to be civil. In this regard, I think the Hive community is much better than say Reddit where things can devolve quickly and heavy handed mods will end the discussion.
Thanks for the token and sharing your thoughts. It is appreciated.