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Prevent comments when downvoting
I sometimes want to point a user at the right direction, but the post is bad enough that it needs a downvote, or I need a downvote as part of the deletion process on a site where I'm not a moderator.
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Prompt to specify downvote reason but allow to keep downvotes anonymous
You've kind of missed the point, but don't worry, all the other people making this same suggestion have done so too.
Voting is mainly for those reading posts, not those asking or answering them. We ...
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Prompt to specify downvote reason but allow to keep downvotes anonymous
This would introduce increased friction for casting downvotes. Yes, small yet one not present for upvotes.
Furthermore downvotes are already cast at a lot lower frequency than I feel they should be. ...
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Prevent comments when downvoting
I think it's important to separate questions and answers whenever talking about voting, understanding voting, or reacting to voting.
As mentioned elsewhere there are additional reasons to down-vote ...
Aaron BertrandStaff
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Prevent comments when downvoting
If I'm commenting to explain an issue with a question, it's because it's something that I think prevents the question from measuring up to the site's standards. If I think that is the case, then it ...
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