Why so toxic?

[Bonkleberry]

As you can see I don't post here often, I just kind of lurk and read interesting threads. Why does it seems people are being more toxic towards each other than before? I thought the community was suppose to be a "friendly" one. I chuckled when my friend made a comparison to the Wow forums, and honestly if I need help I go to Reddit. I do enjoy reading things here, it's just a bit nicer to read thing on Reddit. The toxic people just get down voted.

Reddit is a terrible forum for exactly the reason why you think it is good. The popular or more likable posts float to the top while "toxic" or unpopular posts sink. Ideas are never properly challenged because readers can just ignore the stuff they do not like. "Toxicity" makes people and ideas stronger because people and ideas have to survive attacks. If a simple bit of toxicity can destroy a thread, then the conversation, people involved, or the idea were not strong enough.

EDIT: Spelling.