Seeing every pro-trans post having like 25% downvotes but no comments explaining them sends a message, and I have no doubt the message was intentional.
In my view this is why downvotes should be gotten rid of altogether. Having downvotes as an available option, especially on support posts, seems like a bad idea.
I think you make a great point, but I also think an actual reply would be a much better way to express disapproval. If the downvote is available, most users would probably just go straight to that and be done with it. If it were disabled, however, it might encourage people to instead explain why they disapprove of something, which would give better feedback for the person who made the offending comment and help them learn.
Don't even need to go that far imo, just don't show how many downvotes a post/comment has. I don't know why they implemented that feature in the first place, a downvote should remove 1 point from the score, that's it, no need for a big "HEY HERE'S HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THIS POST" icon.
In my view this is why downvotes should be gotten rid of altogether. Having downvotes as an available option, especially on support posts, seems like a bad idea.
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I think you make a great point, but I also think an actual reply would be a much better way to express disapproval. If the downvote is available, most users would probably just go straight to that and be done with it. If it were disabled, however, it might encourage people to instead explain why they disapprove of something, which would give better feedback for the person who made the offending comment and help them learn.
Don't even need to go that far imo, just don't show how many downvotes a post/comment has. I don't know why they implemented that feature in the first place, a downvote should remove 1 point from the score, that's it, no need for a big "HEY HERE'S HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THIS POST" icon.
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I only get one upvote per post, but I can comment as much as my heart desires