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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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The hero we need etc

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

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I see you like playing life on hard mode.

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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

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In front of other people, too

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Perfect words

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