Timeline for Comment vote equilibrium: Ability to vote down
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| May 31, 2011 at 5:46 | comment | added | slhck | @Randolf In that case, yes, that would make sense. But in such discussions comments that clarify or correct are mostly upvoted anyway, so I guess the community makes sure these are seen. And they're made sticky as well. Don't get me wrong, I think you have a point with the suggestion! But I've never encountered a case where I'd deemed it necessary. | |
| May 30, 2011 at 22:12 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | Although rare, I do think it's possible for a question to be both constructive and unhelpful at the same time; if someone makes a valiant effort to add to an answer (with a comment) based on misinformation that they genuinely thought was right, voting down that comment could actually be more helpful and then additional comments could host a small debate that everyone can learn even more from (which does seem to happen on occasion) -- could this qualify as an advantage of the community-oriented approach? | |
| May 27, 2011 at 11:18 | history | answered | slhck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |