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I was always under the impression that voting is not to be used for agreeing or disagreeing, but rather to reward a good contribution to the discussion (and pun
by mirkules 16y ago
I was always under the impression that voting is not to be used for agreeing or disagreeing, but rather to reward a good contribution to the discussion (and punish a bad one). I have on numerous occasions upvoted a comment even though I disagreed with it just because I think it has been valuable to the overall discussion.
- necubi 16y agoThat's the idea in theory. In practice, it's clear that upvotes/downvotes are often used to guide the discussion in the direction that the voter wants it to go, which is often towards his/her innate biases.