A downvote is behavioural nudge with no guidance - it's a nudge in a pitch black cavern that you're somehow expecting them to navigate and learn from? "Oh, mayb

A downvote is behavioural nudge with no guidance - it's a nudge in a pitch black cavern that you're somehow expecting them to navigate and learn from? "Oh, maybe I said something bad or wrong or they didn't understand me or ??????" Even worse maybe emotionally they'll start thinking people hate them or something is wrong with them without knowing why, and then they'll disengage. Is that really how we want to treat people? Likewise, how do you determine if it's a quality downvote - as in, is the downvoter actually interpreting what's being said adequately? Maybe the downvoter is biased somehow, e.g. suppressing anti-CPP commentary seems to be more common even when they are thoughtful and critical responses. If the downvoter is forced to actually reply with a qualitative response, then the OP would be able to either realize they didn't explain clearly enough - or we'd all be able to determine the would-be downvoter isn't reasonable or with incongruent logic. I'd say the cost of spending time to think through enough to respond with writing is a fair, good cost, in order to participate vs. getting a quick hit of dopamine with a downvote click; everyone grows then and refines themselves and help to refine others.