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Hard disagree. Down votes shouldn't be disabled, and I'm disappointed that Beehaw has chosen to do this.
What about comments that give dangerous advice to an unknowing audience?
That's one good reason for down votes. People may upvote it not knowing any better, and when someone comes along to correct them, the damage is done. Other knowledgeable people can't downvote it to make sure that dangerous advice gets pushed to the bottom, they just have to hope those that upvoted come back, see the rest of the discussion, and remove their upvote.
No, you should reply and explain why the advice is dangerous. A comment might be downvoted for all sorts of reasons and so it doesn't send a clear message. Downvoting is like grounding your kids just because you are angry, without explaining what they did wrong. They will just conclude you are an arsehole that will punish them whenever you fancy. Which is exactly my opinion of redditors and why I stopped posting there.
Did you read my comment at all? I'll assume not since I clearly said you can offer a rebuttal comment, but the upvotes remain on the parent comment.
You know you can downvote and offer constructive feedback at the same time, right?
I believe that the 'policy' on beehaw (please correct me if I'm wrong anyone) is that if a comment has the potential to be truly dangerous or harmful to users it should be reported and removed, if simply a harmless misconception, then that's different. Then there are certain conversations shat shouldn't be had on beehaw in order to keep it a safe space. Those things can be discussed elsewhere on the fediverse with a different account.