Note that this is in reference to voting on question answers.
> Downvoting in general confuses me, but I think that downvoting to 0 is appropriate if the answer isn’t quite answering the question, but downvoting past zero doesn’t make sense. Downvoting to 0 feels like saying “this isn’t that helpful” whereas downvoting past 0 feels like “this is actively harmful”.
copying my comment from https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PX7AdEkpuChKqrNoj/what-are-your-greatest-one-shot-life-improvements?commentId=t3HfbDYpr8h2NHqBD
Note that this is in reference to voting on question answers.
> Downvoting in general confuses me, but I think that downvoting to 0 is appropriate if the answer isn’t quite answering the question, but downvoting past zero doesn’t make sense. Downvoting to 0 feels like saying “this isn’t that helpful” whereas downvoting past 0 feels like “this is actively harmful”.