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I think this is an actively bad idea. If I had to reply to a comment, explaining why the comment is bad, then the most likely scenario is that the writer repli
by mquander 14y ago
I think this is an actively bad idea. If I had to reply to a comment, explaining why the comment is bad, then the most likely scenario is that the writer replies, arguing with me, and I reply, and now the thread is full of a bunch of bullshit that nobody wants to read. Multiply this by ten per post.
If the downvote reason was only visible to the writer, then I could go for that. But it's ridiculous to make a rule that drives people to have huge off-topic flamewars in the middle of a comments section.
- sounds 14y agoAgreed, and good suggestion. Make the downvote reason only visible to the writer, and do not allow the writer to reply to the downvote reason - the system already heavily favors upvotes over downvotes, so that writers can just shrug off the downvotes. The main thrust of my suggestion is to make downvoting even harder.