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Is it normal I always wonder who upvotes/downvotes what on IIN? I've noticed I always thumb up underrated comments that are either really good or really funny and that no one else does. I don't actually count them but my comments usually get between a -1 and a +2 but I do wonder who those ppl are.
I thumbs up anything I find funny, any comment responding to me, every comment on my posts, and sometimes when I see a comment that is at (-1) I thumb it up because I feel bad. There’s a few people I like reading from who I thumbs up regularly
I only thumbs things down when they’re meaning to be rude or harmful. Bad takes or different opinions I don’t thumbs down, but insults or dangerous comments I’ll thumbs down.
I’m really reserved about giving out thumbs down though, feels like a cheap shot lmfao
I see a number of comments on here that are not mean or controversial or anything of the sort and yet they'll have a down vote or two. All I think when I see that is what a pathetic loser some people are. I'll admit though. I do chuckle when I vote it back up.
I just downvoted your comment.
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What does this mean?
The amount of karma (points) on your comment and Reddit account has decreased by one.
Why did you do this?
There are several reasons I may deem a comment to be unworthy of positive or neutral karma. These include, but are not limited to:
Rudeness towards other Redditors,
Spreading incorrect information,
Sarcasm not correctly flagged with a /s.
Am I banned from the Reddit?
No - not yet. But you should refrain from making comments like this in the future. Otherwise I will be forced to issue an additional downvote, which may put your commenting and posting privileges in jeopardy.
I don't believe my comment deserved a downvote. Can you un-downvote it?
Sure, mistakes happen. But only in exceedingly rare circumstances will I undo a downvote. If you would like to issue an appeal, shoot me a private message explaining what I got wrong. I tend to respond to Reddit PMs within several minutes. Do note, however, that over 99.9% of downvote appeals are rejected, and yours is likely no exception.
How can I prevent this from happening in the future?
Accept the downvote and move on. But learn from this mistake: your behavior will not be tolerated on Reddit.com. I will continue to issue downvotes until you improve your conduct. Remember: Reddit is privilege, not a right.
I give a thumbs up to funny , useful nad inteligent posts. Some dicks give downvotes just because they dont like someone. I got a thumbsdown recently for a post. The OP had thanked me and said that my post had helped them alot yet some numbskull gave my post a thumbs down. A bit sad and pathetic ŕeally when the person who my post was for was appreciative of my remarks.
I usually don't care if I get thumbs up or thumbs down.
Sometimes when I get thumbs down I find it funny, even when someone gets butthurt over a comment.
I had a chuckle earlier today when I noticed that my respectful, reasonable and technically correct responses to the question about a car losing power when going up-hill had been down-voted. Looking just now, I see that someone has apparently up-voted them and reset the count, but the down-votes are indicative of the mentality of some sad people on here.
I noticed the same for my innocuous comment on the attractiveness post. I actually insinuated that the average IINer is good looking.
This is kind of an awkward comment, young lady (you're a young lady and use female pronouns, right?), but I wanted to set something straight with you.
This 1WeirdGuy fellow said I said something about you, ItDuz, and my_life_my_way in chat. I guess he was drunk as usual or something but I literally have screenshots of the exact interaction he's talking about. I only asked if anyone had seen ItDuz because she reminds me of my daughter and I worry for her. I never so much as mentioned you or my_life_my_way.
You are a very pleasant user actually.
https://ibb.co/9WJVDKH
I just showed him in chat too.
I made the post where I guessed what animal people were, in the post I said just leave a comment and I’ll give you one.
Some users who left a comment that was basically “Can you do me?” Would be downvoted by someone, which makes zero sense whatsoever, there were like 10 people that got -1 on my post (I up voted them all so they bounced back)
But maybe there’s someone who just downvotes anything at all, I have no idea. You almost always have a good chunk of upvotes on your comments
Also, don’t take the downvotes on this thread seriously lmfao, it’s just a post about downvotes so people are downvoting
Thanks, dude, but it really doesn't bother me. I realised long ago that there are apparently a few people here who don't approve of anything I say, but such is life...
I only mentioned the downvotes on those car posts because it was relevant in this thread: something completely banal - although not as utterly innocuous as your animal thread - was down-voted for no logical reason.
Exactly. This is exactly why the appeal to popularity angle is a fallacy but when you apply it to if you're allowed to fully use the site based on the same system of popularity then your site is doomed, like this one. Lol.
I thumbs up instead of replying to people sometimes and I thumbs up points I think are good. I thumbs down nothing as I don't have that ability.
There's just something about upvotes/downvotes that appeal to the worst types of people. Personally I haven't used it for years but it's a fact that there are users on this site that will just target others through this feature and if it's true that your account being shadowbanned is based on how much you are downvoted then that needs accounted for because it is/can be weaponized. I've rarely used the block feature on this site but I noticed after one or two blocks that my average voted comment went from a -1 to a +1. Sadly my account is already shadowbanned so I can't make posts now.
There needs to be two things implemented to solve this:
1. Show who upvotes and downvotes a comment. If it becomes a trend for a user to downvote you then you can block them to protect your account.
2. Make the OP able to turn off the thumbs up/thumbs down feature during the process of making a post.
I disagree with this.
Some users are notorious for making dangerous or harmful comments and bullying upset OPs, if they were able to just block anyone who disagrees with them they would be enabled.
If an OP receives a harmful comment, but sees that it is highly downvoted, they are less likely to take it seriously.
That would prioritize the feelings of users that have tools to avoid such comments over users being able to access the functions of the site, though.
We have tools for dealing with those people, we don't have tools to deal with people that aim to ruin the accessibility to the site for others.
Yes, I prioritize the feelings of “guests” to the site over some slight accessibility features given to active users here.
You have to remember that this site may be a first-time experience for some people. Some folk discover this site and try to use it to be anonymous and as a place to get a one-off answer on a hard question.
There are some assholes here, you know this. If assholes want to be assholes among themselves and bicker and fight under posts asking about politics or opinions, fine.
But when an asshole makes their way to a “serious post” and acts a fool, their comment being visibly disagreed with is a saving feature for a possibly more vulnerable OP
Well then we're just two entirely different people. We have features to ensure users don't have to see comments from others if they don't wish to and in no way do I believe that laziness from those users to use that feature within two clicks should result in users on this site being unable to use the site as it's intended. These aren't "slight features", I'm talking about being shadowbanned. There are users on this site that can no longer have their posts seen by others because of this, this isn't a "slight feature" we're talking about.
Yes, some folks discover this site for one off answers and it would be their choice to turn the upvote/downvote option off if they so wish and they wouldn't be here long enough for this to effect them
Assholes exist, yes, but disagreeing with something doesn't make you an asshole deserving to be shadowbanned just because one side of those political camps dedicated their time to downvoting rather than communicating.
If it is true that the downvote feature effects you being shadowbanned and your ability to upvote/downvote, would you be in favour of that not happening as a result of how many times you're downvoted?
Who exactly is being shadowbanned ?
I don’t understand your thought process. If you’re being downvoted it’s because people don’t like what you’re saying, are you saying people shouldn’t be allowed to dislike what you say ?
If we all collectively dislike someone, why keep them around ? This is a privately owned website, you have no rights. There are a few here who I would like to see removed completely, not only are they flat assholes but some have become predatory and dangerous on top of that.
One of em was complaining about you and SkullBones, MyLife in the chatroom the other day. They super liberal crybabys that cant handle cant ppls views. Its like 1 or 2 persons with a bunch of accounts and they live on this site. They waste their time to see who made which posts and brag about it by showint you what you posted 2 years ago anonymously. As tho it is impressive that they wasted their time to find out and write it down.
But in reality if your comment has too many downvotes you get more exposure anyway. Everyone clicks the "unhide comment" button when they see it. I like mine getting downvotes.
For the record I only downvote bigotry, unnecessary rudeness to the OP and harmful “advice”. I’m sure there is a degree of strategic downvoting on here but personally I don’t partake or see the point.
Oh wow, really? Living rent free in some minds it seems. I currently have a few people strangely taking an interest in me from different angles and it seems like it's obviously coordinated but I can't confirm it.
Who was it in the chatroom complaining, if you can recall?
Blackpeople was the account they were using but its some chic that has abunch of troll accounts
Ah, the pedo. Yeah, I thought it would of been them. They've got a hard on for me as they assume I'm a young girl and keep trying to bring up the topic of sex whenever they can under that assumption. Pretty gross. I told them they have one more chance to stop with the pedo obsession shit to me or I'd be blocking them, and it seems that irked them enough to go on a rage in the member's chat. I know they will end up responding to me again with their pedo shit and I'll just block them for it next time around.
I'm getting a feeling of déjà vu here: wasn't something very similar discussed very recently? And am I having a senior-moment, or did that whole thread not mysteriously vanish following the conversation veering into questions being raised about the wisdom of those who control this site?
I've paid for Gold here because I find the site interesting (sometimes), but the idea of directly financially supporting a site where the Powers That Be are petty and autocratic leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Oh, and BTW, you were -2 on this post, but I've taken that back to -1. I don't know if the crybabies are liberals as WeirdGuy says, but they are definitely very sensitive souls.
Calling others sensitive souls while getting upset over the idea of people not liking you on the internet.
It's been a touchy subject brought up numerous times on the site. It's been weaponized. That's why in political discussions you'll often see one side getting thumbed up and the other thumbed down because only one side has the option to thumbs up while the other that weaponized the thumbs feature can thumbs down the other side and thumbs up their side.
It's partially why I just do not take the thumbs feature seriously anymore, it's meaningless.
Or alternatively this is a coping mechanism for the fact that you're miserably losing debates. I haven't seen you argue politics but if you just keep parroting the same points post debunking like you do with me you can't be doing that well. Have you considered joining a debate team or something to sharpen your skills?
That said I don't use the feature either. People can read.
You say that and yet here you are completely naked from your signature method of interacting with me after I completely dismantled the angle you attempted to come at me with for the past month. Now you're unrecognizable 'cept for your name.
But sure, you sound off about how inept I am through bland vagaries.
See this is exactly what I mean, repeating things post debunking. I already demonstrated that at the point of us interacting on the recent post I had used my intro in exactly 3 out of my last 20 comments. These are numbers, young lady. It was already essentially out of use at THAT point because people know who I am now, and now you're here desperately reaching for some sort of win as if this is exclusive to you while anyone can see it isn't. Let's give you a handicap though. Let's pretend I didn't already prove that days ago and that I've only ever left the intro behind for you. What would that supposedly indicate? That I'm seething or something? Do I seem like I'm seething, or that I'm laughing? You're too cute to make me angry. I wish I could tell you I stopped using it so much because your personality resembling that of my daughter made me so comfortable, but alas, we both know it was already a thing. Numbers. Please stop attempting the same failed plan. It's like watching a boxer telegraph their every punch with with their eyes and I can't just keep giving you the slow motion breakdown of exchanges you already lost.
https://www.speechanddebate.org/signup/
See what you can do with that, young lady. They can teach you to stop continually embarrassing yourself so badly. Even if you lose a debate, you'll at least come out as respectable and not be seen as such an amateur. Repetition of something that's been demonstrably debunked is arguably the worst thing you can do besides resorting to personal insults and you've done both. You're not this pathetic.
Yup. Now look at your downvotes, -3. Does that even make sense unless you factor in that there are users weaponizing the feature?
Is it, bro? Just a prank, bro? Lol. Nah, on a serious note it's obvious that it's got less to do with trolling and more to do with people being offended. You don't get to do something because you're offended and then try to pretend you're one of the people that don't use the feature due to offense with the tired ol', "Just a prank, bro" excuse.
Stand by your decisions and your motivations for those decisions.
Trolling doesn't bother me; I understand that some immature people are desperate for attention - even if it's only negative attention - and other people with miserable little lives feel the need to try to inflict misery on others.
But my understanding is that the way down-voting on this site works is that once you get below the completely arbitrary count of -3, the post can't be seen by others. If that's correct, then all you need is a tiny clique - or someone sad enough to set up sock-puppet accounts - to censor everything a particular member says.
I dont have a thumbs down but I never used it when I did have it. I dont thumbs up anything unless I think it has an unfair amounts of downvotes.