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Re:LastPass autofill exploit by kordless on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:57AM (#12181008)
I save downvotes for truly awful comments made in a blaming way. If a comment I've made is non-blaming, yet addresses the more uncomfortable bits of reality, I fully expect to be downvoted. In this case, within several minutes I was at -2, even when there was no "fuck yourselves" in the post. Interestingly enough, when I added it, there appeared to be more commenting occurring.

While I would agree that this place would be better off without judgment, and harsh judgment as I've shown here, the reality is that we all share this place equally with others who do not stop and consider their actions as affecting others thought processes in a negative way. I put this on here to illustrate that point in a non-obvious way, and in a way people CAN understand: anger. It's not the only way of course, but it does get the bug into people's brains quite well.

I appreciate your comment and intent behind it.

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Re:LastPass autofill exploit by tripzilch on Thursday July 28, 2016 @01:42PM (#12181789)
Interesting view on the matter, even if I don't quite agree with your prev comment (too tired now to argue why, sorry).

I very much agree that downvoting without comment (indeed except for the truly awful ones that would just draw needless noise because of it) is an anti-pattern. But I am occasionally guilty of it myself as well, partly because writing a reply to a not-quite-awful comment costs me a lot of time (even if it's a short cmt).

The greying-out of downvoted comments doesn't help with the perception of receiving a downvote without comment either (makes it feel more harsh, IMO). I'd prefer showing the counts again, actually.

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Re:LastPass autofill exploit by gpvos on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:52AM (#12185808)
It happens often enough that a comment gets downvoted initially, and then gets sympathy upvotes from people who don't find it bad enough to be voted down. It may help to wait a few more minutes.
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