4 ms·"Why the down vote?" Downvotes are used nowadays as a way to disagree with your standpoint or reasoning.by roel_v 15y ago"Why the down vote?" Downvotes are used nowadays as a way to disagree with your standpoint or reasoning.pbreit 15y agoI can understand if the reasoning is in bad faith but downvoting merely for disagreement seems like abuse.roel_v 15y agoRight, and there once was a time when voting was used that way, but that time has been gone for quite a while now.