I hadn’t realised that you were taking the karma ratings as indicative of agreement. I didn’t vote it down before because I have tended only to use my downvote on stupid or thoughtless comments—not valid comments that disagree with what I think.
Once it became clear that you thought that the votes weren’t just appreciating effort but were signalling agreement it would have been dishonest not to vote it down.
I don’t think voting down indicates disagreement, nor do I believe people should use mere disagreement as a reason to vote down. My point was that you can artificially increase the merit of your point by voting down my summary so as to make it look less appreciated.
I hadn’t realised that you were taking the karma ratings as indicative of agreement. I didn’t vote it down before because I have tended only to use my downvote on stupid or thoughtless comments—not valid comments that disagree with what I think.
Once it became clear that you thought that the votes weren’t just appreciating effort but were signalling agreement it would have been dishonest not to vote it down.
I don’t think voting down indicates disagreement, nor do I believe people should use mere disagreement as a reason to vote down. My point was that you can artificially increase the merit of your point by voting down my summary so as to make it look less appreciated.