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No: you abuse a vote when you vote not led by reason but by opinion. Downvotes are not for differences of opinion but for lack of interest, etc... Downvoting a
by pfortuny 13y ago
No: you abuse a vote when you vote not led by reason but by opinion. Downvotes are not for differences of opinion but for lack of interest, etc...
Downvoting affects directly the visibility of a message and this should not be based on opinion.
- burntsushi 13y agoSince when is reason not influenced by bias? You seem to be splitting hairs here. The OP complained about the bias of others but didn't like it when he had his own biases pointed out. I'm suspicious of any claim that says "votes" somehow have more "power" than words. Words, opinions and ideas all have power too.