In this case I’m downvoting because I don’t want people telling me that I should not downvote in cases where I believe downvoting is the correct action.
Well, I guess you could stand on principle, but it seems pretty meaningless to only do so after the account’s been deleted.
The account holder would never have been the target audience of my reply. Nor is ‘lower total karma of the poster’ ever a significant component of my motivation for a downvote a comment or post.
In this case I’m downvoting because I don’t want people telling me that I should not downvote in cases where I believe downvoting is the correct action.
Well, I guess you could stand on principle, but it seems pretty meaningless to only do so after the account’s been deleted.
The account holder would never have been the target audience of my reply. Nor is ‘lower total karma of the poster’ ever a significant component of my motivation for a downvote a comment or post.
The account deletion is essentially irrelevant.