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[โ€“] Gort 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are issues with both sides of the down button debate, but I'm more for it than against.

For a different take on the downvote button, yesterday I put a post up on a technical thread. I hadn't really read properly what the discussion was about, so my post wasn't really helpful even if well intentioned. I only noticed when I got a couple of downvotes. I looked again at my post, then at the OP, then realised my error. Eventually I deleted my post. So, in that instance, I found the downvote helpful to myself as well as for the rest of the thread: make sure I read the OP carefully. ;-)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In this case a reply informing you about the missunderstanding would also work. My hope is that one of the people downvoting will take the time to do that when there is no downvote button.

[โ€“] Gort 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, true. Fair point.