I usually thoughtfully analyze their posts, and only if I don’t feel they fit the community I downvote it to make sure I don’t engage in vote manipulation because vote manipulation is bad.
There are different perspectives on how voting should work, such as voting based on “does this contribute to this discussion / to this community” vs based on “do I agree with this / do I like this”.
Either way, blanket-downvoting something instead of voting based on the content’s merit seems to be behaviour to be discouraged.
It’s only 7am in Moscow, there’s still time.
I usually thoughtfully analyze their posts, and only if I don’t feel they fit the community I downvote it to make sure I don’t engage in vote manipulation because vote manipulation is bad.
Voting your opinion is vote manipulation?
Apparently it is.
Not sure if you felt it, but I just manipulated your vote.
Careful with that.
There are different perspectives on how voting should work, such as voting based on “does this contribute to this discussion / to this community” vs based on “do I agree with this / do I like this”.
Either way, blanket-downvoting something instead of voting based on the content’s merit seems to be behaviour to be discouraged.