[bunderbunder]

And downvoting instead of pointing out that there are cool down systems does nothing to reduce the ignorance.

If you've really got a problem with ignorance, do the grown-up thing and attack the ignorance rather than the person.

[golergka]

> And downvoting instead of pointing out that there are cool down systems does nothing to reduce the ignorance.

It reduces the ignorance in those who read the comments and draw conclusions from what is upvoted and what is downvoted (even though most people won't admit that they do it even to themselves).

[kasey_junk]

I am not an expert on the particular use, but I think it probably behooves people to disconnect a downvote of someones comment from an attack on the person.

A wildly ignorant comment (that could be remedied by a simple reading of the comments on this story) probably deserves downvotes as it doesn't add to the discussion at hand at all.

That said, this whole comment section probably deserves a big downvote as it is largely not very good from top to bottom.