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0 pointsmicrocolonel6y ago0 comments

I think it's natural that downvoting is used for disagreement, but the barrier to entry should be higher.

The system I've proposed is: you can downvote a post if you've upvoted a reply to it, or if you have replied.

If somebody is breaking the rules in clear bad faith, that's what flagging is for.

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baud1472586y ago· 2 in thread

There seems to be something like this in play, there are discussions where I can't downvote, but I've never dig up to check why

microcolonelOP6y ago

You can't downvote replies to your own replies, that's the one I'm aware of. Maybe there's another level based on karma that was introduced since I got where I am.

detaro6y ago

Can't downvote comments older than >24 hours is another thing.

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