That seems very wrong: in an environment that predicates rationality, stating that you’re wrong should be encouraged, not punished. It’s not about the downvoting, as I’ve written, it’s about downvoting unless I cancel the original statement.
Pardon me, I wasn’t clear. Retraction and (noted, transparent) editing can sometimes be even better than removal so of course can be included in the exception to the suggestion.
The shift seems to have moved, at least in your comment, from being less wrong to being right.
Note that wrongness isn’t the issue. It is the combination “needless provocation && wrong”. For example if there wasn’t available proof that the claim was wrong then I would perhaps still have downvoted just because the karma-drama is annoying but I would be unlikely to have also made a comment expressing criticism of the behavior.
Pardon me, I wasn’t clear. Retraction and (noted, transparent) editing can sometimes be even better than removal so of course can be included in the exception to the suggestion.
Note that wrongness isn’t the issue. It is the combination “needless provocation && wrong”. For example if there wasn’t available proof that the claim was wrong then I would perhaps still have downvoted just because the karma-drama is annoying but I would be unlikely to have also made a comment expressing criticism of the behavior.