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aeontech · 2011-04-12 00:57:54

I didn't downvote, but I understand why people did. Both the parent comment and your reply add more or less nothing to the discussion. The problem isn't your comment, the problem is the parent comment, but if you feed the trolls, well, you know what happens :)

jessriedel | karma 20706 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2016-05-21 15:09:24

I didn't downvote, but I found that your comment didn't add anything to the discussion. You said stuff about yourself, gave no new information, and invited polarizing comments.

mquander | karma 6894 | avg karma 5.76 · | 2010-09-14 19:59:21

Well, I downvoted that guy too, for feeding the troll. It went without saying that the original comment was lousy.

nitrogen | karma 22058 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2012-03-16 05:08:19+00:00

I didn't downvote you, but my guess is that your (pre-edit) comment adds little to the conversation, and could nearly as easily have been expressed by upvoting the parent (which, IMO, also fails to add much to the discussion).

bryanlarsen | karma 33883 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2016-05-30 15:40:24

I didn't downvote you, but your comment doesn't add anything to the public conversation, it just clutters it. Just click the upvote button next time.

Zak | karma | avg karma · | 2017-02-17 23:44:47+00:00

I did not downvote you. I only do that when I believe a comment detracts from the discussion, which yours did not.

loupgarou21 | karma 53 | avg karma 0.73 · | 2013-07-31 15:28:23+00:00

I'm guessing you were downvoted because you aren't really contributing to the conversation, but are instead actively trolling with that post.

justusthane | karma 2654 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2017-01-11 17:37:16+00:00

I didn't downvote you, but probably because it didn't contribute anything to the discussion.

Sukotto | karma 6154 | avg karma 6.73 · | 2016-08-03 06:30:21+00:00

I downvoted you because I read your comment as needlessly confrontational and possibly trolling.

reitanqild | karma 6914 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2015-11-10 14:22:15

As for why you were downvoted: Accusing the majority of users on a forum of being trolls usually doesn't fly and it didn't fly this time either.

ziml77 | karma 4073 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2021-11-08 07:08:27

You're being downvoted because you're not contributing anything at all to the discussion. It's a lowest of the low effort sort of comment. If we tolerated that then, by the very nature of requiring little effort, they would quickly drown out substantive comments.

praneshp | karma 2554 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2017-07-25 18:43:24+00:00

I downvoted you because your comment did not contribute to the conversation.

hluska | karma 6889 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2016-03-19 04:37:59+00:00

I downvoted both of the comments in which you mentioned your downvotes. Talking about downvotes adds absolutely nothing to the conversation.

wwalser | karma 809 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2018-01-12 23:55:35+00:00

I didn't down vote you. Sorry if I gave that impression. I don't downvote people who meaningfully contribute to the conversation.

I was just responding to the excuse.

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pc86 | karma 24701 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2015-12-22 14:06:32

I downvoted you because your comment adds nothing of value and is simply a long-winded "I didn't like your comment because reasons."

I would downvote my own comment if I could.

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mbesto | karma 14814 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2014-03-19 04:29:12

Your comment adds nothing to the discussion and thus a downvote. (my own comment does the same, but I hope people recognize `my attempt to educate` = `better community` = `more value to discussion`)

swat535 | karma 2263 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2022-05-29 18:44:26

These kind of passive-aggressive replies always bother me, they don't contribute much to the discussion either. Please don't do it.

There are very _few_ reasons why you should downvote a comment. I found parent's comment great, so I upvoted it to counter your unfair downvote.

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ionwake | karma 1156 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2021-08-29 04:36:02

I did not downvote you at all, I replied because I wanted to discuss it with you.

robomartin | karma 8629 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2012-07-06 00:04:24+00:00

I down-voted your comment. I don't believe in down-voting without giving a reason for having done so. Here's mine:

Your post adds no value whatsoever. Think twice before hitting "reply" if all you are going to do is post a negative comment that is utterly irrelevant.

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version_five | karma 21081 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2021-10-31 21:03:58

Couldn't you just post your own thoughts instead of downvoting my comment then? Or if you find it irrelevant just ignore it? What does downvoting add? Personally I don't care if you want to downvote, but your justification doesn't make any sense.