Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 7 hours agoThere’s a certain level of cowardice in simply downvoting without explaining why you disagree.
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When someone makes a controversial claim, you can first downvote them, then dunk on them in a reply - and now they’re being downvoted into oblivion while you get applause for your smug comment.
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If someone asks me to explain why I downvoted something, I might explain or I might not
Dude, pick a lane.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
I don’t see a conflict here but I’m happy to explain if you elaborate on what’s confusing about what I said.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
First we have “the problem is downvoting without a reply” (which for the record is the argument of a Sea Lion. Downvote and move on is perfectly acceptable)
Then we have “the problem is seeing downvotes and replying” which… Didn’t you just ask for replys when downvotes?
Finally we have “if asked I may or may not explain why I downvoted” which again is contrary to your initial issue of “people downvoting without giving a reason why” as you apparently are doing that exact thing and you might give a reason why if asked.