I’m very curious about the reasoning different people use when deciding to downvote a post or comment. Often, when something gets “heavily” downvoted, the OP will ask some variation of “why the downvotes?”. This is sometimes answered with sincere criticism, but sometimes is received even more poorly than the original offending post.
Do you downvote people who ask “why the downvotes?”? What informs the decision?
I am a fan of the long comment, it is deeply appreciated ❤️
I too sometimes ask about downvotes on other people’s comments, but it feels a bit like bursting into a room and asking everyone to stop and take a survey so I try to be judicious about it. Usually it’s pretty self-explanatory but every so often I come across a real mystery.
Glad to know.
Maybe. I don’t know. I would definitely feel bursting into a room for a survey can be annoying, especially if frequently. But asking online, no. You aren’t really interrupting anything, or forcing anyone to answer. People are here already looking to engage one way or another. If you upset someone, well, they just downvote and move on haha.