I’m not complaining about being downvoted. I’m complaining about
a) being downvoted
b) on an articulate, relevant post
c) without an explanation
In the absence of any one of those, I wouldn’t complain. I would love to hear where I’m wrong, because it’s far from obvious. (Yes, the exchange seems tedious and repetitive, but I present new material here.)
And I wasn’t speculating; I was just reminding the community of the general lameness of downvoting someone you’re in an argument with, whether or not that’s Wei_Dai.
I’m not going by my beliefs. Take yours, or the proverbial “reasonable person’s” judgment. Would you or that person judge b) as being true?
Are a) and c) in dispute? Again, my concern is actually not with being downmodded (I would have dropped this long ago if it were); it’s with the lack of an explanation. If no one can be bothered to respond to such a post that spells out its reasoning so clearly and claims to have solved the dilemma—fine, but leave it alone. If you’re going to make the effort, try to make sense too.
And I wasn’t speculating; I was just reminding the community of the general lameness of downvoting someone you’re in an argument with, whether or not that’s Wei_Dai.
I’m far more likely to downvote someone I’m in an argument with. Mostly because I am actually reading their posts in detail and am far more likely to notice woo.
Then why not just vote up your own comments? After all, you must have even more insight into those, right? It’s not like you’re going to be swayed by personal investment in not losing face or anything.
Yeah, I know, there’s that pesky thing about how you can’t upvote your own comments. Pff. There’s no such thing as fair, right? Just use a different account. Sheesh.
In cases where I believe a post of mine has been unjustly downvoted the only thing stopping me from creating another account and upvoting myself is that I just don’t care enough to bother. Of course if there was any particular challenge involved in gaming the system in that way then that would perhaps be incentive enough...
I’m not complaining about being downvoted. I’m complaining about
a) being downvoted
b) on an articulate, relevant post
c) without an explanation
In the absence of any one of those, I wouldn’t complain. I would love to hear where I’m wrong, because it’s far from obvious. (Yes, the exchange seems tedious and repetitive, but I present new material here.)
And I wasn’t speculating; I was just reminding the community of the general lameness of downvoting someone you’re in an argument with, whether or not that’s Wei_Dai.
Imagine the noise if everybody complained whenever they were downvoted and believed that all 3 of your criteria were applicable.
I’m not going by my beliefs. Take yours, or the proverbial “reasonable person’s” judgment. Would you or that person judge b) as being true?
Are a) and c) in dispute? Again, my concern is actually not with being downmodded (I would have dropped this long ago if it were); it’s with the lack of an explanation. If no one can be bothered to respond to such a post that spells out its reasoning so clearly and claims to have solved the dilemma—fine, but leave it alone. If you’re going to make the effort, try to make sense too.
I’m far more likely to downvote someone I’m in an argument with. Mostly because I am actually reading their posts in detail and am far more likely to notice woo.
Then why not just vote up your own comments? After all, you must have even more insight into those, right? It’s not like you’re going to be swayed by personal investment in not losing face or anything.
Yeah, I know, there’s that pesky thing about how you can’t upvote your own comments. Pff. There’s no such thing as fair, right? Just use a different account. Sheesh.
You must be an inherently angry person. Or an evil mutant. Something like that =)
In cases where I believe a post of mine has been unjustly downvoted the only thing stopping me from creating another account and upvoting myself is that I just don’t care enough to bother. Of course if there was any particular challenge involved in gaming the system in that way then that would perhaps be incentive enough...