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by andy_ppp 3961 days ago
I really don't think down voting is very helpful for the community unless people are being racist/sexist/obvious troll. Better people comment on why they disagree, clarifying ideas rather than a no response and arbitrary unlike.
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Yea, I don't downvote comments unless they are straight-up counterproductive to conversation. The original comment is very useful.
I assumed that was either in the guidelines or just general convention, to be honest.