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Here's a thing I don't like and it's not mentioned in the list. If I submit a story I can't downvote on any of the top level comments. Why is that?
by elorant 6y ago
Here's a thing I don't like and it's not mentioned in the list. If I submit a story I can't downvote on any of the top level comments. Why is that?
- eatbitseveryday 6y agoProbably the same reason you cannot downvote any direct replies to your comments, such as this one.
- elorant 6y agoI can understand why downvoting replies is prohibited, it could harm conversations. But prohibiting downvoting in submitted stories assumes some kind of self interest, which I doubt is the norm.
- detaro 6y agoI think it's generally "the submitter shouldn't be able to shape the discussion too much". I.e. also why you aren't supposed to put your own spin on a headline, text submissions are separate and not supposed to be used for links (with a few exceptions).
- elorant 6y agoSure, that makes sense.
- samatman 6y agoIt could be as simple as: coding this would be an exception, and no one has done so. `(if (not (eq parent.user user)) (set! allow_downvotes true))` (probably not valid Arc!) is easy to code up, an exception would be more convoluted.
- mellosouls 6y agoPresumably the same reason you can't downvote immediate replies to your comments which is probably there to discourage toxic back-and-forth downvoting.