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?
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.
Apparently it is.
Not sure if you felt it, but I just manipulated your vote.
Careful with that.