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It always sucks to have your insightful (in your own eyes at least) comments downvoted, just because there's a group of people who disagree with it. It's a down
by incompatible 9y ago
It always sucks to have your insightful (in your own eyes at least) comments downvoted, just because there's a group of people who disagree with it. It's a downvote democracy, but not a true democracy because it only takes a minority to vote that way. I don't even have access to this downvote feature, I guess I don't have enough karma.
- greenyoda 9y agoRight, downvoting gets enabled when you hit 500 points, or so I remember.
- hellbanner 9y agoYeah, this too. I was more lamenting the lousy comments eg. puns, comments that add nothing etc. These are possible with 0second old accounts.
- DanBC 9y agoYou do have access to the upvote button,so your vote can cancel out an unfair downvote. Comments that get downvotes also don't get upvotes, so it's not just the small group who can downvotes who are causing the comments to be gray, it's also the large group who could upvotes but who chose not to do so.
- SyneRyder 9y agoIf something is unfairly downvoted, wait a while and someone else will usually upvote it again. But it's also worth remembering they're just internet points, there's no real value. Keep contributing good stuff & you'll eventually get past the 500 karma mark. After that it's just a vanity number.