>Im a firm believer that one shouldn't be allowed to downvote without leaving a comment. I guess that's been discussed/thought about many times. Does sound goo

>Im a firm believer that one shouldn't be allowed to downvote without leaving a comment. I guess that's been discussed/thought about many times. Does sound good at first. So how would it work? People would have to leave some kind of decent comment, not just one word, I suppose, like other comments. Could you downvote those comments in turn if they weren't substantive, or were snarky etc? Would you have then to explain why you did that? Hmm. There'd have to be a different comment category, a downvote-explanation comment. Sounds complicated.. > There is no other response to that other than frustration. Well, yes there is! I tried that, doesn't work. I tried not caring. Is working great! They're only fake internet points, after all. But you said you're sick of people saying that. Sorry. ..Sometimes it's just too obvious why horrid, abusive comments are downvoted. From what I've seen, how people say things is almost always the problem, not what they said. What seems to drive people nuts is presuming it's always what they said.