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1. Aprech+pa[view] [source] 2020-07-30 14:09:59
>>itchyj+(OP)
I downvote anything I don't like and I upvote what I do like. Most of the time I'm upvoting someone who already made basically the same comment I was going to make. No point in saying the same thing again in another comment, just upvote. If someone says the opposite of what I was going to say, I downvote.

I never understood people acting like downvoting is some huge crime or being downvoted is some great slight. It's a little arrow on a web site. It makes a number in a database go up or down by 1. I don't care how many points my comments score, and neither should anyone else. Speak your mind, or don't, and move on with life.

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2. jamesl+md[view] [source] 2020-07-30 14:25:14
>>Aprech+pa
You're being downvoted for stating you downvote things you don't like by others who don't like you downvoting things you don't like. The irony in that is worth savoring for a moment.
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3. COGlor+xg[view] [source] 2020-07-30 14:40:35
>>jamesl+md
Thank you for pointing this out. My gut reaction was "glad they're getting downvoted for this" when I saw their comment.
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