I wonder if we should document voting norms in addition to commenting norms. Making a strong downvote early in the life of a comment (so your vote has large impact), unless you think the comment should be removed (which I presume isn’t the case here) should require some explanation, IMO.
Wow, that’s some harsh downvoting for a comment giving a directly solicited opinion.
Yeah I was like “wtf bro?”.
For context of people coming along later, I posted the comment and right away got a single −9 vote, which I found surprising enough to comment on!
I wonder if we should document voting norms in addition to commenting norms. Making a strong downvote early in the life of a comment (so your vote has large impact), unless you think the comment should be removed (which I presume isn’t the case here) should require some explanation, IMO.
LW team has discussed a few options for changing the rules for strong votes, with possibilities including:
All strong votes require a (short) explanation
Strong vote power decays if you use it all the time