Do you also downvote publications when you don’t understand them or only when you don’t agree / they don’t make you laugh / they don’t interest you?
What are the reasons for a downvote?
Some instances have downvoting disabled. Beehaw.org for example.
They’re trying to encourage positive communication, so they have it turned off. Upvotes only.
A comment that is dangerous, too hostile, or just plain misinformation.
I try to reserve downvotes for things that I think have negative value. If I simply don’t like something, I ignore it and move on; just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean that it lacks value for others. If I don’t understand something, and it’s important enough for me to act on, I’d rather have a discussion and learn.
I’ll downvote posts that don’t fit the purpose of a community, or which were clearly posted to start an arguement. I’ll downvote comments that are insulting, inflammatory, or otherwise malicious.
I generally reserve my downvotes for three things. People being jerks, people dishing out incorrect information, and reposts.
But I’m also a beehaw main, and downvoting is disabled for the entire instance. I only downvote on my lesser used accounts for other instances.
I don’t downvote, I’m on Beehaw where downvotes are disabled
