ArisKatsaris comments on Please don't vote because democracy is a local optimum - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 14 November 2012 03:27:30PM *  -2 points [-]

Have not downvoted you (or anyone else) yet in this thread, but am downvoting this comment of yours now. Feel free to project whatever reasons you want onto me. They'll probably be wrong.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 November 2012 04:04:02PM 3 points [-]

Disincentivize whining about down votes?

Comment author: wedrifid 15 November 2012 06:15:46AM *  2 points [-]

Have not downvoted you (or anyone else) yet in this thread, but am downvoting this comment of yours now. Feel free to project whatever reasons you want onto me. They'll probably be wrong.

I expect Konkvistador to be able to speculate a list of reasons that quickly exhausts all the acceptable reasons to make a publicly announced downvote. Indeed, he has already listed the most notable one. That being the case your prediction must imply either inaccurate insult of Konkvistador or that you are publicly announcing an undesirable motivation for your downvoting.

(ie. Downvoted for poorly calibrated snark!)

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 15 November 2012 09:41:43AM *  2 points [-]

Yeah, that last sentence was not appropriate, so your downvote is. Lest I leave you all people in suspense my complete list of reasons was:
- Disincentivize whining about downvotes
- Disincentivize sarcasm
- Disincentivize uncharitably interpreting the actions of other people.