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We are going OT here, but one last comment in this thread to clarify what I meant. Putting a comment saying just "Just another vile article", without any thoug

We are going OT here, but one last comment in this thread to clarify what I meant. Putting a comment saying just "Just another vile article", without any thoughts about why it is vile, is just completely against the guidelines (from the points mentioned in my previous comment). Even if you agree with its content or not. Also, I do not believe the guidelines encourage people to down-vote for disagreeing (or at-least from my understanding). It is just in our nature and the consequence of the fact, that there is a down-vote button. (I have never tried it, still under 500 karma.. :) )

unclebucknasty 10y ago
>Putting a comment saying just "Just another vile article", without any thoughts about why it is vile I agree that it doesn't add to the discussion, which might be a good reason for downvoting (i.e. as a form of "quality control"). OTOH, if you happen to agree with the statement, then the ethos is that it's cool to upvote it on that basis alone. Yet, it still adds no more to the discussion. My overall point is that agreement/disagreement as a basis for surfacing (or submerging) people's comments/ideas is a poor choice in either direction, if it's stimulating, challenging discussion we want. >I have never tried it, still under 500 karma.. Meh. It's overrated. Can't even remember the last time I downvoted a comment (as you might've guessed) :)