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Re:Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments by yazaddaruvala on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:16PM (#11263309)
Without agreeing or disagreeing, StackExchange/Reddit are hugely popular and both have downvotes.
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Re:Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments by mrharrison on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:23PM (#11263353)
Down voting on Stackexchange is a privelege as well as losing a reputation point when you downvote. Down voting on Reddit is controversial and alienates a lot of people from using Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/36rb4r/if_n...
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Re:Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments by NeutronBoy on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:30PM (#11263406)
StackExchange it costs you to downvote someone.

On Reddit, downvoting just encourages group-think as you will get downvoted for voicing an unpopular opinion.

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Re:Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments by joepie91_ on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:28PM (#11263394)
Popularity and constructivity are two entirely different things. As mentioned by another post, StackExchange introduces a 'counter-weight' - Reddit is widely perceived as "not constructive at all", and is thus not relevant to my argument.
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