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Why is op getting downvoted? This is a legitimate issue he’s facing on a specific hardware configuration
by cududa 7y ago
Why is op getting downvoted? This is a legitimate issue he’s facing on a specific hardware configuration
- crispinb 7y agoThis is a total aside, but I really don't understand voting on comments. I've no idea what it could mean - levels of agreement, interest, offensiveness (or scores of other possibilities)? It seems entirely meaningless, therefore pointless, to me.
- chungy 7y agoI'm giving you an upvote. Make of it what you will. :)
- crispinb 7y agoThank you (I think?) for making me aware of that ;)
- nine_k 7y agoUpvoting moves comments (threads) closer to top. Downvoting does the opposite, and dowvoting below 0 makes comments look fainter.
- meruru 7y agoThis is basically it. I upvote things I want to go up and downvote things I want to go down. Off-topic meta discussions about votes should always go down.
- crispinb 7y agoSure, I know what it does, I'm just not sure why anyone would use it. I never do normally want a comment to go up or down (other than the odd egregiously abusive or aggressive item). I may disagree with a comment, but that doesn't remotely generate in me an opinion re where it should sit in the tree. I don't think other people should or are likely to find a comment agreeable/interesting/relevant/insightful just because I do. Different strokes I guess.
- gpvos 7y agoA comment more near the top will be seen more and therefore get more discussion, so if you want that, vote it up. If you want it to get less discussion, vote it down.
- nine_k 7y agoA reason to upvote: "this is a good comment, other readers should see it sooner, maybe the first thing". I see it as a community service.
- crispinb 7y agoFair enough. I honestly suspect your signal there is more than lost amongst the noise of readers reflexively voting for what they happen to agree with. Anyway that's probably enough of this particular dead horse.