Very very few people upvote things they disagree with, even on LW, and most of the time they do, they leave a disambiguating comment (I’ve seen Rob and philh and Daystar do this, for instance).
I was surprised by this because I don’t remember doing it. After a quick look:
I didn’t find any instances where I said I upvoted something I disagreed with.
But I did find two comments that I upvoted (without saying so) despite disagreeing, because I’d asked what someone thought and they’d answered and I didn’t want to punish that.
I feel like I have more often given “verbal upvotes” for things I disagree with, things like “I’m glad you said this but”, without actually voting? I don’t vote very much for whatever reason.
I was surprised by this because I don’t remember doing it. After a quick look:
I didn’t find any instances where I said I upvoted something I disagreed with.
But I did find two comments that I upvoted (without saying so) despite disagreeing, because I’d asked what someone thought and they’d answered and I didn’t want to punish that.
I feel like I have more often given “verbal upvotes” for things I disagree with, things like “I’m glad you said this but”, without actually voting? I don’t vote very much for whatever reason.
I must’ve swapped in a memory of some other LWer I’ve been repeatedly grateful for at various points.
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