I've been down voted for things i've said and i didn't enjoy it either. But however it's making you feel, please know that people aren't actually attacking you

I've been down voted for things i've said and i didn't enjoy it either. But however it's making you feel, please know that people aren't actually attacking you as a person, they are responding to something you said. It's the comments that are getting downvoted not you This is a place where we discuss ideas, and people are down voting your comment not to say you're a bad person, but because they don't think they are a good contribution to the conversation. That kind of feedback isn't pleasant to receive. There are people who come here who write incredibly well, you read their thoughts, attempt to reconstruct them in you're mind, and feel for a moment what it it must be like to be a smarter person. Neither you nor i, nor a fair number of the other people in this thread are that kind of writer, but the feedback we get on this forum, while not pleasant to receive when it is negative, is a chance to stop reflect and move ourselves in that direction. on the bright side, the discomfort will be brief - deng will come through and quietly tuck this thread on a back shelf and we can all go on as if it never happened : )