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There's actually a neat little psychology hack that you can use. If you comment with "why did this get voted down" it will inevitably be voted up. I tried it a

by mixmax 19y ago

There's actually a neat little psychology hack that you can use. If you comment with "why did this get voted down" it will inevitably be voted up. I tried it a few times and it seems to work. Just don't do it unless you really think it is an unfair downmodding, since it doesn't add much to the conversation.

SwellJoe 19y ago
This works in reverse, as well. I used it just recently at reddit...the post was at 40 points at the time, and by the next day was at 17. That's actually a more dramatic impact than I expected (though the comment was particularly obnoxious and sexist, and I was genuinely shocked that it had so many upvotes).