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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by microcolonel on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:45AM (#22318076)
I think it's natural that downvoting is used for disagreement, but the barrier to entry should be higher.

The system I've proposed is: you can downvote a post if you've upvoted a reply to it, or if you have replied.

If somebody is breaking the rules in clear bad faith, that's what flagging is for.

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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by baud147258 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:08AM (#22318792)
There seems to be something like this in play, there are discussions where I can't downvote, but I've never dig up to check why
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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by microcolonel on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:48PM (#22320812)
You can't downvote replies to your own replies, that's the one I'm aware of. Maybe there's another level based on karma that was introduced since I got where I am.
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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by detaro on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:50PM (#22320829)
Can't downvote comments older than >24 hours is another thing.
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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by baud147258 on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:46AM (#22326075)
Ah, I didn't know that, but it checks out. Thank you.
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