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An end to negative votes. No one cares if you don't approve of something. If you don't agree and discuss your concerns, that's worthwhile. I suspect that man
by cc101 4y ago
An end to negative votes. No one cares if you don't approve of something. If you don't agree and discuss your concerns, that's worthwhile. I suspect that many negative votes are an emotional response to some unwelcome truth. That is damaging to free discussion.
- jzombie 4y agoI agree with this. Having had the experience of being dowmvoted when asking an honest question in a comment, and receiving a downvote instead, makes me a bit apprenhensive to ask questions at all. If someone doesn't agree with something and wants to display their authority status of "I do not agree," a response would be better. Plus, I have heard of people downvoting by accident. Perhaps a compromise solution would be a downvote could happen if the downvoter actually made a comment, at which point, subjecting that response to being able to be downvoted as well, if necessary.