I tend to upvote a post when it Links an interesting article or provokes an interesting conversation, and only downvote them when they voice an convectively bad opinion (like, bigotry or other unjustified vitriol).

I tend to upvote comments when they make a good point or at least try to support their argument, and only downvote them for the same reason as posts: when they are trolling, being unnecessarily aggressive, or trying to justify bigotry with fallacious reasoning or something

What about you?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    139 months ago

    Upvote if it contributed to the discussion, whether I agree or disagree, whether serious or humorous.

    Downvote if it’s off-topic, misinformation, belligerent, or a link to a video without a text summary. Downvote if the user did not respond cogently to the comment or post. Downvote bad advice, and bigotry, and anyone who miscorrects “octopusses” to “octopi”.

    No vote if the comment is banal or I can’t understand the point they’re trying to make.

    • JojoOP
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      9 months ago

      Um, I think you mean octopodes.

      Fun fact, there’s a Wikipedia article that comes up for “plurals of words ending in -us” with a section jus for octopus.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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        69 months ago

        No one corrects “octopodes” to “octopi” and if they did I’d have to assume it was sarcastic.

        But yeah, like any self-respecting Classicist I obviously upvote correcting “octopusses” to “octopodes”. That’s just common sense!