> downvoting w/o a comment seems rude Happens ALL the time. I generally prefer to leave comments rather than downvote too. But most people don't like to write

> downvoting w/o a comment seems rude Happens ALL the time. I generally prefer to leave comments rather than downvote too. But most people don't like to write anything. If explanatory comments were supposed to be used, there wouldn't even be downvotes at all. PS I did not downvote him even though I left a negative comment.