Sometimes people can dislike something but they are unable to articulate the reason. Yet the reason may be valid.
So I would say: permit downvoting, but as well as removing one point from the downvoted, let it cost the downvoter one point also.
This reflects real life where it's possible for me to lose my temper in a conversation but it always inflicts a psychological cost on me for doing so. I don't get to express displeasure for free. Which helps keep the discourse civil.
So I would say: permit downvoting, but as well as removing one point from the downvoted, let it cost the downvoter one point also.
This reflects real life where it's possible for me to lose my temper in a conversation but it always inflicts a psychological cost on me for doing so. I don't get to express displeasure for free. Which helps keep the discourse civil.