I downvoted it because it’s unimportant, and I don’t want it distracting from the conversation. If I’d found it funny or clever, I’d have upvoted it or abstained.
On the meta level: I tentatively think LW is too sparing with downvotes, and I think asking people to go into why they didn’t find your joke funny (or didn’t find it useful, or just hate laughter and sunshine), in response to very small amounts of net downvoting (e.g., −5 rather than −30), makes it a bit harder to shift that norm. I guess I feel like I can guess the general character of others’ downvotes, and I don’t understand the decision-relevance of investigating the details.
Now please downvote this comment to the extent it was bad / you want to see fewer things like it in the future / you want it to be less prominent on this page. :P
I downvoted it because it’s unimportant, and I don’t want it distracting from the conversation. If I’d found it funny or clever, I’d have upvoted it or abstained.
On the meta level: I tentatively think LW is too sparing with downvotes, and I think asking people to go into why they didn’t find your joke funny (or didn’t find it useful, or just hate laughter and sunshine), in response to very small amounts of net downvoting (e.g., −5 rather than −30), makes it a bit harder to shift that norm. I guess I feel like I can guess the general character of others’ downvotes, and I don’t understand the decision-relevance of investigating the details.
Now please downvote this comment to the extent it was bad / you want to see fewer things like it in the future / you want it to be less prominent on this page. :P
Ahh, this was very helpful, thanks! I guess I just was overreacting / misinterpreting the signal. Cheers!
K cool :) For the record if I have a more serious disagreement/objection I’m (relatively) more likely to PM or comment about it.