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If I believe something, I'll post it even if it is going to prove unpopular. I'd hope most people would do the same. I don't believe down-voting discourages d
by lwhi 16y ago
If I believe something, I'll post it even if it is going to prove unpopular. I'd hope most people would do the same.
I don't believe down-voting discourages discussion .. I'd argue it often provokes it.
- SomeCallMeTim 16y agoDownvoting does more than that. It can hide a discussion, and regardless, it certainly buries it. Not that I have been able to figure out the magic that gets you the ability to downvote, but I don't really feel the need.
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- DeusExMachina 16y agoThere is a Karma threshold to be able to downvote or flag a comment/submission, so you simply don't see the option yet. But indeed it sinks discussions, since the points are one the ways (not the only one) to sort comments.
- wtracy 16y agoApparently it has to do with how much karma you've accumulated. I magically got the ability to downvote some time last week, without any effort on my part.
- SomeCallMeTim 16y agoYou're just over 500 karma; I'm around 140 as I write this. So I guess I have a ways to go. :) Not that I'm really worried about it one way or another, though.