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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, when I was completely wrong and someone else corrected me in a reply. It's happened a handful of times. I don't like to delete comments.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in that case I’d probably add an update to the comment. But downvoting yourself feels really honest somehow

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Oh, I edit with a strikethrough or correction as needed. But that's what downvotes are for, reducing the impact of irrelevant content.

[–] Floey 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But other people might make similar incorrect comments, better that your comment with the reply that makes a correction float to the top (for people who sort by upvotes). The best solution is probably editing if you have the time and upvoting the reply. Similarly I'll upvote something incorrect if I reply to it but downvote if I don't have the time to reply.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I edit my comment, but still keep the original wrong one in the edit. I want to admit what I did wrong.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. When somebody else has a better take and I want it to be the top comment, I will downvote mine.

[–] madcaesar 12 points 1 year ago

The hero we need etc

[–] OptimusPhillip 23 points 1 year ago

If I ever feel the need to downvote my own post, I would probably just as well delete it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I see you like playing life on hard mode.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No. Any site that upvotes your post automatically is designed that way. It's not like Facebook where liking your own comment is kind of like jerking yourself off for the lack of better words

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In front of other people, too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Perfect words

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Nah I only upvote comments and very rarely downvote. If I'm wrong I'll just reply saying that i was wrong and concede the point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No. If anything I'd edit my post to better reflect what I was trying to communicate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Never, because I’m a very stable geenius.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My instance doesn’t allow me to :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To downvote your own or to downvote anything at all?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can’t downvote anything at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Haha that’s one way to keep a positive attitude ^^

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No. If it was something worth for me to downvote, i wouldn’t post it in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yup

might as well keep my dumb comments up so I don't make the same mistakes again

[–] mysoulishome 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah if I realize I’m factually wrong or being a dick for no reason and it’s too late to shadow edit I’ll state as such and note to the parent comment I’m wrong and downvoting myself. It’s more mature than just deleting your comment, which fuels the fantasy that you’re not talking to real people and can just take back anything you say and un-say it. Getting downvoted or murdered by words and then just deleting your comment is kinda cowardly and doesn’t allow you to grow IMO. If you (I) cared what people think maybe you should have thought about it more before you said it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't agree that deleting what you said is cowardly. Most people here have seen how Redditors try and weaponize the downvote button and even if someone does apologize someone else can miss it and rehash the same counter argument.

There's no growth there. It's just tedious.

Most of the time it's not even a real argument or an answer to a deep moral question just a semi controversial opinion like arguing Arch Linux is a good beginner distro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Crackhappy 1 points 1 year ago

Brilliant. I was doing something similar but I like your style more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I tested it to see what would happen a few days ago, since there are some platforms where downvoting your comment causes it to become deleted. Nothing happened, so I just went about my way.

[–] MrJameGumb 2 points 1 year ago

No, because that's dumb

[–] zephyr 1 points 1 year ago

I probably need to start downvoting my posts after finding a solution.

[–] Zippy 1 points 1 year ago

I like to do it always because it is worth two votes.

[–] HomesliceAbe 0 points 1 year ago

I will now!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No.

EDIT: did it now for the first time

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago