Oh, I agree that comment + downvote is more useful for others than only downvote, my main claim was that only downvote is more useful than nothing. So I don’t want there to be a norm that you need to comment when downvoting, if that leads to fewer people voting (which I think would be likely). See Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism for some background on why I think that would be really bad.
Tbc, I don’t want to discourage commenting to explain votes, I just think the decision of whether that is worth your time should be up to you.
Oh, I agree that comment + downvote is more useful for others than only downvote, my main claim was that only downvote is more useful than nothing. So I don’t want there to be a norm that you need to comment when downvoting, if that leads to fewer people voting (which I think would be likely). See Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism for some background on why I think that would be really bad.
Tbc, I don’t want to discourage commenting to explain votes, I just think the decision of whether that is worth your time should be up to you.