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I can understand why downvoting replies is prohibited, it could harm conversations. But prohibiting downvoting in submitted stories assumes some kind of self in
by elorant 6y ago
I 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.