For what it is worth, you are not alone in feeling bad when you get downvotes. People have described me as a fairly confident person, and I view myself as pretty level-headed, but if I get a disagree vote without any comment or response I am also perplexed/frustrated/irritated. I often think something along the lines of “there is nothing in this comment that is stating a claim or making an argument; what could a person disagree with?”
I do wish there were a way to “break” the habit that EA forum users have to conflate up/down votes and agree/disagree votes.
Theoretically, if there was some sort of option for a user to “hide” votes (maybe on all content, or maybe just on the user’s own content), do you think that would minimize the negative feelings you have relating to votes?
For what it is worth, you are not alone in feeling bad when you get downvotes. People have described me as a fairly confident person, and I view myself as pretty level-headed, but if I get a disagree vote without any comment or response I am also perplexed/frustrated/irritated. I often think something along the lines of “there is nothing in this comment that is stating a claim or making an argument; what could a person disagree with?”
I do wish there were a way to “break” the habit that EA forum users have to conflate up/down votes and agree/disagree votes.
Theoretically, if there was some sort of option for a user to “hide” votes (maybe on all content, or maybe just on the user’s own content), do you think that would minimize the negative feelings you have relating to votes?
This already exists via GreaterWrong