I’ve proposed before that voting shouldn’t be anonymous, and that (strong) downvotes should require explanation (either your own comment or a link to someone else’s). Maybe strong upvotes should, too?
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
I don’t really expect this to happen much, and I’d expect strong downvotes to decay quickly down a thread (which is my impression of what happens now when people do explain voluntarily), unless people are actually just being uncivil.
I also don’t see why this would be a particularly bad thing. I’d rather people hash out their differences properly and come to a mutual understanding than essentially just call each other’s comments very stupid without explanation.
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
I don’t really expect this to happen much, and I’d expect strong downvotes to decay quickly down a thread (which is my impression of what happens now when people do explain voluntarily), unless people are actually just being uncivil.
I also don’t see why this would be a particularly bad thing. I’d rather people hash out their differences properly and come to a mutual understanding than essentially just call each other’s comments very stupid without explanation.