Noting that I disagree with this comment so I’ve disagree voted. But I don’t think this means I should necessarily downvote it as well, which is what people seem to be doing. But please correct me if I’m wrong!
I sometimes downvote comments and posts mostly because I think they have “too much” karma—comments and posts I might upvote or not vote on if they had less karma. As I look at the comment now it has 2 karma with 11 votes—maybe at some point it had more and people voted it back to 2?
I would have downvoted this comment if it had more karma because I think Deborah’s comment can be read as antagonistic: “utterly blind”, “dire state”, “for heaven’s sake!”, calling people ignorant. In this context I didn’t read it this way, but I often vote based on “what would the forum be like if all comments were more like this” rather than “what intentions do I think this person has”.
It has 0 net karma on 12 votes, 1 agree vs 8 disagree. So it’s very likely that it has some users pairing disagree votes with upvotes. I appreciate people being willing to upvote stuff that deserves it despite their disagreement.
Downvotes are more likely for tone than anything else. “This post is utterly blind” will almost always draw a downvote from me.
Would love to but didn’t feel best placed/didn’t have time. Just wanted to encourage people to disagree vote instead of downvote, or at least explain why they’re downvoting.
Noting that I disagree with this comment so I’ve disagree voted. But I don’t think this means I should necessarily downvote it as well, which is what people seem to be doing. But please correct me if I’m wrong!
I sometimes downvote comments and posts mostly because I think they have “too much” karma—comments and posts I might upvote or not vote on if they had less karma. As I look at the comment now it has 2 karma with 11 votes—maybe at some point it had more and people voted it back to 2?
I would have downvoted this comment if it had more karma because I think Deborah’s comment can be read as antagonistic: “utterly blind”, “dire state”, “for heaven’s sake!”, calling people ignorant. In this context I didn’t read it this way, but I often vote based on “what would the forum be like if all comments were more like this” rather than “what intentions do I think this person has”.
Thank you for your feedback, text has been revised.
It has 0 net karma on 12 votes, 1 agree vs 8 disagree. So it’s very likely that it has some users pairing disagree votes with upvotes. I appreciate people being willing to upvote stuff that deserves it despite their disagreement.
Downvotes are more likely for tone than anything else. “This post is utterly blind” will almost always draw a downvote from me.
Thanks for your feedback, text has been revised.
Please provide arguments for your disagreement if possible James. Thank you :-).
Would love to but didn’t feel best placed/didn’t have time. Just wanted to encourage people to disagree vote instead of downvote, or at least explain why they’re downvoting.