Having some downvoting is good, and part of the raison d’etre of this forum as opposed to the Facebook group. I agree that people downvote slightly too often, but that’s a matter of changing the norms.
This is because we want to encourage people to contribute, right? One approach is to be the norm you want to promote. If you want to encourage people to post, then upvote more posts. If you’re concerned that material is getting downvoted when it is not spam, then give it an upvote and a substantial reply. :)
I wasn’t personally saying that was a good idea, just that I thought there should (somewhat) fewer downvotes. Of note, I’m not thinking about myself getting downvotes but occasions where it happened to other people!
Having some downvoting is good, and part of the raison d’etre of this forum as opposed to the Facebook group. I agree that people downvote slightly too often, but that’s a matter of changing the norms.
This is because we want to encourage people to contribute, right? One approach is to be the norm you want to promote. If you want to encourage people to post, then upvote more posts. If you’re concerned that material is getting downvoted when it is not spam, then give it an upvote and a substantial reply. :)
I wasn’t personally saying that was a good idea, just that I thought there should (somewhat) fewer downvotes. Of note, I’m not thinking about myself getting downvotes but occasions where it happened to other people!