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>or just coincidence that they see the world very differently from me and therefore just happen to strongly disagree with many things I say But they are not su
by ytinas 17y ago
>or just coincidence that they see the world very differently from me and therefore just happen to strongly disagree with many things I say
But they are not supposed to down vote for strongly disagreeing. Down vote means "this person is not contributing to the discussion". Down vote is supposed to discourage the person from doing what ever they did again. So what message does the current environment send? Think like everyone else or you're not welcome here? Seems like exactly the opposite of what a start up oriented site would want.
- Mz 17y agoRegardless of what the intent is, you cannot control people and there are people here who have publicly stated they downvote people for reasons like "I was downvoted and I'm upset about it". Which is why I remarked on the fact that I upvote articles to meet my own needs -- to "save" them -- and I don't know how you would make the comment voting intrinsically related to what people value rather than just opinion, momentary bad moods, etc. I raised two gifted-learning disabled sons and if there was a way to either misunderstand the rules or find some loophole, they would do so. I am a firm believer in designing the system so it does what it is supposed to do and not counting on people seeing the world the same way I do, having the same values I have, "agreeing" to a particular set of rules/ethics/social mores...etc. I don't know how to get there with the voting system on this site but I don't think making it public how people vote would be an improvement. That's just my 2 cents, of course.