Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Needs It

Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by loceng on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:32PM (#27987688)

What makes you think no one owes you an explanation? If they're downvoting you and influencing how visible your comment(s) are I'd argue they do need to explain.

Likewise you seem to need to take your own advice to brainstorm to understand why it is likely to add value to someone else leaving a comment and not simply requiring you to brainstorm and make guesses, e.g. bias and blind spots a person may have; what other possibilities are there?

Edit to add: 2 upvotes then down to -1; it's hilarious how bad and poorly used downvotes are.

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Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by addingnumbers on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:32PM (#27988604)

> What makes you think no one owes you an explanation?

What makes you think they do? You think you could use something, that doesn't mean a stranger owes it to you.

If you change seats to get away from someone on a bus, do you tell them why? If not, how would you feel if they followed you and said you embarassed them and you owe them an explanation?

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Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by Asraelite on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:53PM (#27988027)

This is a perfect example of the point. I hold your view too, but your comment is being downvoted and I have no idea what the counterarguments are. It would be enlightening to know.

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