satt comments on Please do not downvote every comment or post someone has ever made as a retaliation tactic. - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Will_Newsome 21 August 2011 12:35PM

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Comment author: satt 21 August 2011 04:20:54PM 6 points [-]

I don't do so unless I feel very strongly about something - a comment explaining my disagreement or disapproval is more productive

Sometimes, sometimes not. If I see a comment that's most likely wrong but sounds belligerent, confused or pedantic (or was posted by someone with a track record of being belligerent, confused or pedantic) then I sometimes predict that posting a reply would just suck me into a futile, time-wasting argument. In those cases I happily downvote without bothering to reply. (Other times I prefer to reply to and downvote very misleading comments.)