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I can only upvote posts, I cannot downvote any posts. (self.support)
submitted 2 years ago by AndrewZabar to c/support
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Who are we, youtube? Lol but seriously, can’t downvote I get a red bar saying problem voting. I can upvote though.

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[–] AndrewZabar 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can someone explain the rationale behind downvotes being disabled?

[–] azureeight 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What good is a downvote? It doesn't say anything. If you dislike something, reply in rebuttal. Then you're explaining the issue with a comment, and people can judge from there.

Votes arent calculated anyway. The mods and admins handle reports, so anything distasteful gets removed. If you dislike a post but cant bother to rebuke it, why should you just downvote it? The poster put some effort into the post, the least you can do a reply.

[–] AndrewZabar 4 points 2 years ago

Makes sense!

[–] kalanggam 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the big reasons IMO is that people, especially on Reddit, vote extremely inconsistently.

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[–] karbonkel 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My experience is that, in a sense, it was actually extremely consistent. People see a comment with a score of 0 or -1 (or lower) and they downvote it. It's a direct signal from the eyes to the the hands; the brain doesn't process it. They see a top comment and they upvote it, without checking the comment for correctness.

[–] Evergreen5970 7 points 2 years ago

I admit I never checked a comment for correctness and upvoted because it looked right, but I also never ever downvoted because I saw a low score and can’t actually imagine real people did that. They were already folded down if they were like -24, and I usually upvoted reasonable but unpopular stuff (common source of a 0 or -1). Downvote trains are for people saying slurs and spammers.