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I agree that upvoting every other comment is not a solution. But maybe the 'art of ignore' is. If no one would comment, that someone would eventually give up. A
by vmateixeira 10y ago
I agree that upvoting every other comment is not a solution. But maybe the 'art of ignore' is. If no one would comment, that someone would eventually give up. After all, that's what those bad comments are seeking for: attention, support of any kind or just annoying someone.
Have you thought that by downvoting you could be leaking to that person that he/she annoyed you, therefore empowering him/her to continue with such bad comments?
In the other hand, if you downvote a comment just because you disagree with it you may be leading that person to give up on commenting/contributing.
- projectramo 10y agoThe purpose of downvoting is not to signal your displeasure to the person making the comment. It is to lower the priority of the comment for the majority of regular viewers, and to replace it with the better comments.