People sometimes find comments using ALL CAPS for emphasis unpleasant to read. I think that you may be annoying people with this behavior—I wanted to let you know in case this wasn’t your intention.
I think that upvoting simple “Thanks” comments is sometimes beneficial—courtesy can be helpful in maintaining useful dialogue between people who have very different beliefs prior to the discussion.
ETA: Yes, I will downvote such comments if they get too much karma—my note above mostly extends to a point or two.
SIGH!!!
Nooooooo, we do not vote up comments like this. We vote up comments that make good points on the subject we are all trying to learn more about.
Um, a couple notes here:
People sometimes find comments using ALL CAPS for emphasis unpleasant to read. I think that you may be annoying people with this behavior—I wanted to let you know in case this wasn’t your intention.
I think that upvoting simple “Thanks” comments is sometimes beneficial—courtesy can be helpful in maintaining useful dialogue between people who have very different beliefs prior to the discussion.
ETA: Yes, I will downvote such comments if they get too much karma—my note above mostly extends to a point or two.