I downvoted this. “Please, if you disagree with me, carry your precious opinion elsewhere” reads to me as more than slightly rude and effectively an intentional insult to people who disagree with the OP and would otherwise have shared their views. I think it’s totally reasonable to worry in advance about a thread veering away from the topic you want to discuss and to preempt that with a request to directly answer your question [Edited slightly] and I wouldn’t have downvoted without the reference to other people’s “precious views.”
Fwiw, the forum explicitly discourages unnecessary rudeness (and encourages kindness). I think tone is part of that and the voting system is a reasonable mechanism for setting that norm. But there’s room for disagreement.
If the original poster came back and edited in response to feedback or said that the tone wasn’t intentional, I’d happily remove my downvote.
I downvoted this. “Please, if you disagree with me, carry your precious opinion elsewhere” reads to me as more than slightly rude and effectively an intentional insult to people who disagree with the OP and would otherwise have shared their views. I think it’s totally reasonable to worry in advance about a thread veering away from the topic you want to discuss and to preempt that with a request to directly answer your question [Edited slightly] and I wouldn’t have downvoted without the reference to other people’s “precious views.”
I downvoted this for comment for not addressing the central claim but only the tone.
Getting the tone right can sometimes be challenging especially for non-native speakers.
Fair enough.
Fwiw, the forum explicitly discourages unnecessary rudeness (and encourages kindness). I think tone is part of that and the voting system is a reasonable mechanism for setting that norm. But there’s room for disagreement.
If the original poster came back and edited in response to feedback or said that the tone wasn’t intentional, I’d happily remove my downvote.