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Downvotes are often from people who disagree with you, without being able to articulate why.

• edanm 16y ago
  Honestly, I think that's the minority case here. I've rarely seen comments go to 0 or lower unless they were "objectively" bad, e.g. weren't interesting, were insulting, etc.
  • nkassis 16y ago
    you forgot to mention smart ass remarks or lame attempts at humor. That's an easy way to get down voted. I've seen down votes also for opinions which go against the grain but those are rare, if you down vote something like that, at least post a reply. Be polite, reread your post (I don't always do it) and bring something new.
  • _delirium 16y ago
    I have temporarily, though you're right that it's uncommon for it to persist. I've quite often posted an opinion that was against the dominant opinion being expressed in a thread (with the person I was disagreeing with voted up to +10 or whatever), and got instantly voted down to a 0 or -1 score. But usually people will notice and upvote those back up again, at least into positive territory. Of course some of those early downvotes might have been the notorious slipped-finger-downvoting instead (esp. on mobile devices), so hard to tell if it was really due to disagreement.