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A recent article used "Uber" as a verb, and poorly at that, and my comment upon the linkbaitiness and poor organization of the article got several downvotes. I
by PeterWhittaker 12y ago
A recent article used "Uber" as a verb, and poorly at that, and my comment upon the linkbaitiness and poor organization of the article got several downvotes.
It wasn't about Uber directly, to be fair.
And, of course, my comment parent to yours is being downvoted as well.
(Which leads roundly to the question of the purpose of the downvote: To flag? Perhaps. To disagree? Hmm, perhaps actually writing a contrary or critical comment is more constructive. Other? Not sure. As I've stated often enough herein, I never downvote, I don't believe in it, I believe it serves no useful purpose (flag abuse, end of story), and believe that upvoting the good is sufficient to bury the bad. But I digress.)
- DanBC 12y agoYou Uber comment got downvoted because you posted a rant about an article which you hadn't bothered to read. It was a long tedious post to say "I don't like it when people use brandnames as verbs" - a reasonable point but made unreasonably. (Condescension and patronising tone will attract downvotes) > (Which leads roundly to the question of the purpose of the downvote: It's there for whatever purpose the downvoter wants. There are plenty of people who like you think downvoting is evil and must be avoided at all cost unless a post really deserves it. Those people will supply corrective upvotes if they see a post that has been unfairly downvoted. Don't forget that everyone has upvote privs and not everyone has downvote privs so if your post gets a downvote it hasn't just had a single person downvoting it, but the rest of the readership declining to upvote it.