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I do not make a precommitment. I don't need to. I do make the observation that any such comment would provoke a downvote from me based on merit.
(Note that the very fact that you declared a precommitment essentially as a threat very nearly prompted me to declare that I would downvote you every time you made a spelling mistake and upvote the corrector. I stifled that impulse because the promised action was so obviously reasonable.)
I don't see how it was a threat anymore than all precommitments to do negative things are 'threats'. I don't really understand why you would take issue with me here.
The OP is promoted with 34 upvotes, apparently we do have to clarify our commenting standards. I don't see any difference between a precommitment and your 'observation' regarding future downvotes.
One reasonable definition of a threat would be: "A precommitment to harm someone else if they perform, or fail to perform, certain actions."
So, it's not more of a threat than any other precommitment to do negative things in response to others actions.
It isn't.
I'm not. I'm agreeing with you. Just noting that if I didn't strongly agree with you I would counter the use of force with my own. Expressing what my initial reaction was until I read as far as the actual quote.