> Im a firm believer that one shouldn't be allowed to downvote without leaving a comment I used to believe that until I put it into practice on my forum. Nah,

> Im a firm believer that one shouldn't be allowed to downvote without leaving a comment I used to believe that until I put it into practice on my forum. Nah, turns out there's a class of comment that's so stupid that you're just forcing people to waste their time by responding to it. And that sort of comment is more common than you think, you just may be insulated from them by the work of other people. Browse reddit by controversial posts first, for example.