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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I often see downvotes due to people disagreeing or not understanding there can be different perspectives. So yes, I can agree with this very much.

However, it also needs to be stated the up and downvote mechanics are completely open for personal interpretation and there are basically no rules. So everything is fine.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I see it more as a "this person is a moron/ arguing in bad faith" button for comments, or a "this doesn't belong here/ is spam" button for posts.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, same for me. If a person is hostile and trolling. Although the latter can also be subjective.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If I'm being 110% honest, if it's a comment being down voted, I'm probably about to start trolling that person. Life is too short to not fuck with unreasonable people.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Sometimes I receive a share of downvotes. Which only bothers me when I really have no idea why, because usually I want to know if I am on the wrong path and improve.

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