ciphergoth’s point is strong enough to make it non-obvious I think. His point was roughly that previously expected badness plus seemingly excessive length is a good enough justification to downvote quickly. And I mean it’s not like people ever actually read a comment before voting on it, that’s not how humans work.
Downvoted the parent, as I expect “didn’t bother to read” is a bad explanation for downvoting in this case, but it was stated as obvious.
ciphergoth’s point is strong enough to make it non-obvious I think. His point was roughly that previously expected badness plus seemingly excessive length is a good enough justification to downvote quickly. And I mean it’s not like people ever actually read a comment before voting on it, that’s not how humans work.
Explanation for some portion yes, but not for the trend. (Which might be pointing out a discrepancy in our interpretation of that “explain”.)
That’s not true. Sometimes we have to read the comment a bit before we can find it contains an applause light for the other team. ;)