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by commander_k33n 2174 days ago
I agree.

Would be cool if "downvote"(for relevance)and "disagree" would be mutually exclusive (either/or).

You either decide this post is not relevant to the discussion at all or you disagree with the argument.

"Upvote" for relevance and "disagree" could be combined.

You decide this post is relevant to the discussion but you disagree with the argument.

Of course everything depends on users using the tools in good faith. But it would be an interesting approach to decouple "downvoting" from "disagreement".