Re:Too easy to get down-votes when commenting
by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:03PM
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> The problem is, let's say you have an issue where the community is 60% 'opposed' and 40% 'for'. going against the grain means you will always have a net-negative vote count.
No, it doesn't. Numerous threads on hotly contested issues have substantive comments taking opposing sides and neither having net-negative scores.
They also tend to have unsubstantiated comments on opposing sides, both sides having negative scores. Popularity of the idea presented probably has some contribution to score, but it's not the dominant factor by a long shot.
No, it doesn't. Numerous threads on hotly contested issues have substantive comments taking opposing sides and neither having net-negative scores.
They also tend to have unsubstantiated comments on opposing sides, both sides having negative scores. Popularity of the idea presented probably has some contribution to score, but it's not the dominant factor by a long shot.