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Comment author: jdinkum 15 February 2013 06:44:39PM 2 points [-]

I just don't understand the downvote/upvote thing, especially if the norm is/should be for broken thoughts.

When I get downvoted (or upvoted), I often don't get a comment explaining why. So it's unclear where I'm broken (or what I'm doing right). That's frustrating and doesn't help me increase my value to the community.

It'd be nice to have downvoters supply a reason why, in order to improve the original.

Comment author: drethelin 15 February 2013 11:27:14PM 3 points [-]

A downvote without explanation can basically be translated as "Lurk Moar, Noob"

When I downvote without explanation it's because I want less of what I'm downvoting AND I don't want the forums to be cluttered with explanations of what should be obvious.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 February 2013 04:01:51PM 1 point [-]

I sometimes downvote without explanation if the post was highly upvoted and I thought it was merely decent.