I also think this shouldn't be flagged. What I personally dislike on sites like this is that anonymous downvoting often works like anonymous ostracism. Many times when some of my comments are downvoted I would at least like to know why I was downvoted. Perhaps there should be a way to post anonymous comments for the purposes of downvoting someone.
More generally, rating all comments and submissions on a scale is wrong for some topics. In some cases there's no right or wrong way to do it, only tradeoffs and context. The +/- voting system has simplistic appeal, but is also a bit archaic.
More generally, rating all comments and submissions on a scale is wrong for some topics. In some cases there's no right or wrong way to do it, only tradeoffs and context. The +/- voting system has simplistic appeal, but is also a bit archaic.