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Is it rude to interrogate downvoters? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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I'm very curious about the reasoning different people use when deciding to downvote a post or comment. Often, when something gets "heavily" downvoted, the OP will ask some variation of "why the downvotes?". This is sometimes answered with sincere criticism, but sometimes is received even more poorly than the original offending post.

Do you downvote people who ask "why the downvotes?"? What informs the decision?

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

Both are equally valid, which is to say incorrect. Mass nouns get no S. You'd just as soon write "I got 3 mails from the mailbox" and wonder why you weren't taken seriously.

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[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone [S] 2 points 6 months ago

So instead of "I get like 8 emails a day" you would say "I get like 8 email a day"? Or would you say "I get like 8 email messages a day"?