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by soundwave106 3451 days ago
Upvoted you, because the people who downvoted you unfortunately proved your point. :(

I personally would love it if downvotes required an explanation. Such would be a great way to separate the "your comment was out of line for legitimate reason" type of downvote vs. the "I'm downvoting you because you're wrong and I'm not even going to say why" type of downvote.

You can learn something from the former type of downvote; the later sort of downvote is completely useless.