and people are expected to approve via silence
False. Silent disapproval and indifference look exactly the same.
The downvote button should be the difference.
If we are not willing to even spend the energy required to push the button to protect the level of discussion we have here, that almost seems like we don't care about it.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
Of course, for "every Monday", the last one should have been dated July 22-28. *cough*