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I do not downvote for comments I disagree with. I downvote for off topic, or for comments which detract from the conversation. I believe most others with the a
by epanchin 3y ago
I do not downvote for comments I disagree with.
I downvote for off topic, or for comments which detract from the conversation. I believe most others with the ability to downvote do the same.
Replying to off topic posts would be counter to the purpose of downvoting.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoI probably agree that if downvotes were only for off-topic/trolling/unhelpful comments the situation would be better, but I don't think we're there; I am fairly confident that downvoting for disagreement is common and officially okay.
- almostnormal 3y agoSimilarly, are up-votes expressing agreement or do they indicate something worth reading (opposite of thd topic/trolling/unhelpful)? Some comments can go yo-yo, but I don't think it is possible to see the two counts separately.
- em-bee 3y agoon a technical level, being able to see downvotes and upvotes separately would actually be interesting, as it does carry a signal, but it probably doesn't happen often enough to be worth the effort to implement.
- epanchin 3y agoReddit does this as “controversial” and it is a good feature.
- kccqzy 3y agoI asked this exact same thing a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673613 So yes downvotes for mere disagreements are okay here.
- sanderjd 3y agoYep, there is no doubting what the policy is. But it is reasonable to question whether it is the right policy.