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Eugine_Nier comments on Open thread, 21-27 April 2014 - Less Wrong
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What's the current policy on bare downvoting, as in downvoting a comment/post without giving at least a short explanation for why one did so? I've had some comments downvoted recently, and without explanations it's frustrating and a poor feedback mechanism.
Well, Eliezer's policy tends towards "replying to downvote-worthy comments tends to start flame wars and is thus discouraged".
Right, but then we invented "Tapping out" so that wouldn't become an issue.
"Tapping out" can be interpreted as conceding and is thus low status.
If you're that worried, link to the wikipage which defines away that connotation, like "I'm tapping out.".
Signaling doesn't work that way. I'd think someone who reads Game blogs would know that.
Call it something else then, or be more direct and paraphrase the wikipage, or take it into PMs, whatever you fancy. The point is that you shouldn't feel guilty replying to a comment just because it was downvoted.