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

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Comment author: kilobug 03 October 2011 03:46:48PM 6 points [-]

I've a few self-imposed rules on downvoting, I'm wondering how other people handle it :

I never downvote someone in a thread I'm active in (like, I never downvote an answer to one of my comments). Even if I feel the answer is a troll, because I can't trust myself to be judge and party at the same time.
I never downvote someone just because I don't like him. Not that I'm on LW since long enough to really dislike anyone for now - but still. Downvoting (or upvoting) is on the content, not on the person.
I never downvote something just because I disagree. Something has to be like a troll, contain ad hominems or obvious strawmen, or be very rude (logically or on the wording) for me to downvote.
I never downvote something I don't understand. If I don't understand, it could be that it's too confuse to be understandable (which could deserve a downvote), but also that I failed on understanding, so in doubt, I abstain.

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