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by JonnieCache 5554 days ago
I agree. Voting should be based on the quality of the contribution, not how closely it aligns with your own views.

Exceptions should be made when someone is presenting provably false information, but then a reply with counter-evidence is always preferable to a downvote. Downvoting without a reply is IMO only really appropriate for content-free comments that add nothing.