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> down-voting is supposed to express a lack of value, not > disagreement with content Let's face it: we mostly upvote posts we agree with. Then the trouble is,
by rimantas 16y ago
> down-voting is supposed to express a lack of value, not
> disagreement with content
Let's face it: we mostly upvote posts we agree with. Then the trouble is, that for the symmetrical acction we must have symmetrical meaning. If I press on the gas and it makes a car to go faster I expect it to go slower when pressing less. If I click up-arrow to express agreement, I expect that down-arrow will express disagreemet.
I wish people will continue to vote down to express disagreement and use "flag" to express lack of the value or inapropriate content.
- radu_floricica 16y agoAt the time of the edit, that post might have been in negative numbers. Voting expresses agreement, yes, but any score below 1 should be reserved for troll/frivolous/vulgar posts.
- seldo 16y agoPrecisely why I specified what "down-voting" is for. In my view, the correct score for a valid opinion that nobody else agrees with is 1. I feel up-voting can express both agreement and/or belief that something is valuable.
- trotsky 16y agoIt doesn't seem particularly beneficial to the community to fade out posts simply because a few more people disagree with them than agree with them. Unless you're simply trying to encourage group think, I guess.