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Guys, please stop downvoting. Okay, I admit it -- I too had fun looked at the mocked Quora and think it was a time well wasted :)
by paraschopra 16y ago
Guys, please stop downvoting. Okay, I admit it -- I too had fun looked at the mocked Quora and think it was a time well wasted :)
- davidw 16y agoI have to agree. People here used to only downvote a comment like that to 0 or -1: it indicates disagreement, but without that "get him!" mob-piling-on effect.
- paraschopra 16y agoYeah, in fact the original motivation of downvotes was to suppress frivolous, irrelevant or off-topic comments (like the one to which you replied but not my original comment). I never downvote anyone I disagree with.
- SandB0x 16y agoMy take on it is that the first downvote can be crucial: people see a comment at 0 or -1 and read it in a negative light. Critical comments are interpreted as whiny or negative, witty ones as snarky. Don't let the score do all the thinking for you, voters!
- davidw 16y agoOh, I disagreed with his comment and didn't really think it added much. But he's been on the site a while, and wasn't trying to be a jerk or anything, so I would have left at at -1.