I find it mildly amusing that this comment has probably received more downvotes (gross, not net) than all but a handful of my LW comments, but so far no disagreeing comments.
Like, are these coming from people who broadly agree with me that silent downvoting is an acceptable thing to do, but nonetheless think it was a bad comment? I’d be fascinated to hear why!
(Other guesses that I have include: “it’s funny to silently downvote this specific comment” (I agree it’s not 0% funny); “you should see how it feels” (eh, maybe so; though this is not a cost I was previously blind to, also it’s less painful here than it has been on other comments); “silent downvoting should not be an option but since it is I’m not going to unilaterally disarm”; “you spoke in favor of something I dislike so I’m going to downvote”; “that specific reason is a bad reason to downvote silently”.)
I find it mildly amusing that this comment has probably received more downvotes (gross, not net) than all but a handful of my LW comments, but so far no disagreeing comments.
Like, are these coming from people who broadly agree with me that silent downvoting is an acceptable thing to do, but nonetheless think it was a bad comment? I’d be fascinated to hear why!
(Other guesses that I have include: “it’s funny to silently downvote this specific comment” (I agree it’s not 0% funny); “you should see how it feels” (eh, maybe so; though this is not a cost I was previously blind to, also it’s less painful here than it has been on other comments); “silent downvoting should not be an option but since it is I’m not going to unilaterally disarm”; “you spoke in favor of something I dislike so I’m going to downvote”; “that specific reason is a bad reason to downvote silently”.)
He he… what do they call it again? Ah: cosmic justice. However, on net, you’re still doing oretty well. So.