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> Downvoting is not a sign that a comment is poor quality, but a sign of simple disagreement even if the person downvoting can't formulate (or does not bother t
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> Downvoting is not a sign that a comment is poor quality, but a sign of simple disagreement even if the person downvoting can't formulate (or does not bother to formulate) a response indicating why.
Because it requires no effort. But if downvoting required at least 140^W280 char comment describing the reason... or a micro-payment...
But jokes aside this is an unsolvable problem. Though I liked /. comment marking system, but it's not that better too.