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I have noticed that some unpopular opinions get many up and down votes; how should we treat these controversial comments? I am of the opinion that downvotes on

• stcredzero 13y ago
  I have noticed that some unpopular opinions get many up and down votes; how should we treat these controversial comments? I too, tend to post comments that immediately get about 3 downvotes then many more upvotes. It seems like I frequently elicit knee-jerk reactions, but then get support from others. (Who I think of as the smarter readers.)
  • tokenadult 13y ago
    Once in a while I post a comment that starts out in negative number territory before those smarter readers come along. :) But I think most of those cases are cases I encountered before the most recent algorithm change.
    • ronaldx 13y ago
      I wanted to add that I believe this to have gotten worse, perhaps since downvoting for disagreement has been more actively encouraged.
  • ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
    I get that too. When your comment gets negative votes it turns grey and attracts a lot of attention. More people read it out of curiosity to see what's so bad about it. In turn it attracts upvotes.