It’s just that it’s a trend that I’ve noticed, and one that may have a corrosive effect on this community by essentially disincentivizing social niceties and the like. Despite the consistent downvotes, I personally plan on continuing forth in my effort to acknowledge those who address me even if I have nothing else to say, and also never leave anybody hanging, but you can probably see why many would not.
I do agree that yes, I should deal with the inevitable downvotes in these sorts of situations because plenty of people downvote for bad reasons. But I don’t agree that I should just give up trying to change the trend for a reason like, “You can’t control what they do.” Well, why can’t I? Sure, I can’t hope to influence everybody, but this isn’t an isolated event—it’s been a trend for a long time.
I’m going to continue posting quick acknowledgments when they’re appropriate whether or not I get downvoted anonymously each time, but I don’t see why I shouldn’t also respond to them by defending my comments and engaging in meta discussion about what sorts of voting patterns would be optimal in this community.
Do you mean to say that I shouldn’t have written the comment you’re replying to?
Yes. People downvote for bad reasons, and you can’t control what they do.
It’s just that it’s a trend that I’ve noticed, and one that may have a corrosive effect on this community by essentially disincentivizing social niceties and the like. Despite the consistent downvotes, I personally plan on continuing forth in my effort to acknowledge those who address me even if I have nothing else to say, and also never leave anybody hanging, but you can probably see why many would not.
I do agree that yes, I should deal with the inevitable downvotes in these sorts of situations because plenty of people downvote for bad reasons. But I don’t agree that I should just give up trying to change the trend for a reason like, “You can’t control what they do.” Well, why can’t I? Sure, I can’t hope to influence everybody, but this isn’t an isolated event—it’s been a trend for a long time.
I’m going to continue posting quick acknowledgments when they’re appropriate whether or not I get downvoted anonymously each time, but I don’t see why I shouldn’t also respond to them by defending my comments and engaging in meta discussion about what sorts of voting patterns would be optimal in this community.
Okay.