Poll: If you have the ability, do you abstain from down voting?

Re:Poll: If you have the ability, do you abstain from down v... by cletus on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:23AM (#2423625)

I sometimes wish I could downvote submissions if for no other reason than to try and clear out faster the submissions that really have nothing to do with HN (eg certain pure politics posts). I'd rather HN not turn into an ideological battleground.

As for comments, I don't downvote if I disagree with something. I will downvote comments that make huge and important factual errors or are rude or otherwise obnoxious.

What I actually find a bit more irritating is that someone will come up with a well reasoned comment with links covering say 6-8 paragraphs and get 2 votes. Someone will correct them on a minor and largely irrelevant point and get 18 upvotes.

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Re:Poll: If you have the ability, do you abstain from down v... by bartonfink on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:57AM (#2423787)

That's a pet peeve of mine on here as well.

I also downvote identical comments where one party posted after another, but due to the comment sorting they wind up being displayed first and getting most of the upvotes that rightfully should have gone to the earlier but lower-karma poster.

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Re:Poll: If you have the ability, do you abstain from down v... by orijing on Friday April 08, 2011 @11:43AM (#2424258)

I agree.

In fact, I wish the threshold for downvoting were based on some moving average (or fixed-period trailing sum) of your karma. It would encourage everyone who wants the downvote power to write more thoughtful comments (not just write some and sit on their loot).

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