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Probably the same reason you cannot downvote any direct replies to your comments, such as this one.
by eatbitseveryday 6y ago
Probably 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.