n0m- things don’t have to end in rifts, I just think there are a lot of posters who are used to the Twitter format of conversation. Throw in a good one liner, give a shtuch, toss a compliment, shrug someone up. Its all very monologue-ish. Lots of people talking at people.
Add to that the fact that if you agree with someone there may be less back and forth to be had.
Remembering conversations that didn’t always go into rifts, the running theme was to give more emotionally and personally. To discuss topics about things you found inspiring, challenges you met, poems you wrote, risks you took and what you learned. And join others in sharing and hope others join. People used to enjoy those topics and I think some here still would but we’d have to agree to ignore the hecklers.