> Downvoting is simply that, IMHO, nothing more and nothing less than "I disagree with you".
So why is it tied to a quality of a post? You can simply reply you don’t agree. But that takes effort, so you downvote. But if you reply, that has no measurable value to tie to the quality of a post, even though words carry more meaning.
So somewhere your disagreement to something is perceived differently if you reply vs if you just downvote.
So why is it tied to a quality of a post? You can simply reply you don’t agree. But that takes effort, so you downvote. But if you reply, that has no measurable value to tie to the quality of a post, even though words carry more meaning.
So somewhere your disagreement to something is perceived differently if you reply vs if you just downvote.