From my perspective, comment votes are simply information, the same as comment contents.
And I think bad faith downvotes interfere with conversations more than bad faith comments do. I don’t do this, but I am convinced that people see a downvote and will immediately think worse of a comment. One downvote leads to more, and it often doesn’t matter what the contents of the comment are.
I am glad that you are so complimentary towards me, despite disagreeing with my behavior. That demonstrates character in itself. All I can say to defend myself is to say that as long as I’m using this website, I’ll feel motivation to improve the discourse. I just have my own ideas about what that entails.
From my perspective, comment votes are simply information, the same as comment contents.
And I think bad faith downvotes interfere with conversations more than bad faith comments do. I don’t do this, but I am convinced that people see a downvote and will immediately think worse of a comment. One downvote leads to more, and it often doesn’t matter what the contents of the comment are.
I am glad that you are so complimentary towards me, despite disagreeing with my behavior. That demonstrates character in itself. All I can say to defend myself is to say that as long as I’m using this website, I’ll feel motivation to improve the discourse. I just have my own ideas about what that entails.