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I'm really not sure why everyone is downvoting this! It doesn't help that I'm hovering around 501 karma :-) Seriously though I'll never use downvoting (apart
by andy_ppp 11y ago
I'm really not sure why everyone is downvoting this!
It doesn't help that I'm hovering around 501 karma :-)
Seriously though I'll never use downvoting (apart from say, racist, homophobic, rude and extremely wrong comments) because I think it's bad for discussion; if your aim is blandness then I would say that downvoting is great but I still maintain that a comment with lots of people in disagreement (for it and against it) is an interesting comment, one that would probably add to the discourse.
- lotharbot 11y agoas pg has said many times, it's OK to downvote for disagreement. I try not to downvote for mere disagreement, though. There has to be something more to the comment that makes it not merely disagreeable, but a net negative to conversation. In this particular case, the Wall-E association serves to further the stigma for the disabled by emphasizing laziness, when part of the design for this device is to reduce stigma by creating a cool wheelchair.
- andy_ppp 11y agoI don't think that obese people should be stigmatised as lazy... Guess that is why I didn't think I should be downvoted!
- lotharbot 11y agosometimes downvotes aren't about what you believe, but about how clearly you say it, or how you fail to say it clearly enough to avoid critical misunderstandings.