TheOtherDave comments on To like each other, sing and dance in synchrony - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 23 April 2012 01:30PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 24 April 2012 02:09:17AM 2 points [-]

The thing is, if someone does two things A and B with the same post, and I endorse A and reject B, I need to decide which matters more. If wanting less B is more important to me than wanting more A, I should downvote. The fact that I endorse A and want more of it doesn't change that.

Comment author: philh 24 April 2012 05:29:11AM 3 points [-]

If a downvote will discourage A more than it discourages B, maybe not.

I assume here A is "explaining downvotes" and B is "downvoting something I like", and I agree with daenerys that downvoting Rhawn's post will just encourage future downvotes to be silent.