And what exactly would you infer from this metric?
As far as I know solely downvoting the posts you don't like and never upvoting anything is fully within the rules.
You would infer that they are a very critical person, I suppose.
You would infer that they are a very critical person, I suppose.
Actually, would you? This is an interesting inference/rationality question. If someone's voting history has 900 downvotes and 100 upvotes then yes, it looks reasonable to conclude that this is very critical person with high standards. But if a voting history contains only 1000 downvotes and not upvotes at all?
I would probably decide that this person has some rules (maybe set by herself for herself) which prevent her from upvoting. And in such a case you can't tell whether she's highly critical or not.
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