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>>tonmoy+(OP)
There's really one thing missing from the guidelines IMO - "don't downvote for disagreement, downvote for offtopic/flamebait/inappropriate comment".

Well, this should be obvious, but it sadly isn't...

>>Pannon+Ch
Historically, it has been explicitly okay to downvote for disagreement >>117171

>>stevek+6k
I know, I just think it's not a good idea at all.

>>Pannon+Ko
It depends on what you're optimizing for: the feelings of individual commenters, or the overall quality of the thread.

>>tptace+nI
I was thinking about the perspective of the whole site's quality globally.

>>Pannon+xM
Then it's much less clear why the alternate policy would be better.

>>tptace+DO
I've touched on this in another thread under this comment - basically, I think that it doesn't help with the "optimise for curiosity" aspect of the site. Downvoting comments solely based on disagreeing discourages people from posting insightful yet unpopular comments, which is a net negative for curiosity here.