Retaliate over a downvote? Nah. If people don't like what I say, they have a right to express that.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2024
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I want you to know that I downvoted you, but I did that out of respect.
Just what would the point of that be? Are folks really that concerned about some high score where they feel a need to engage in reciprocal voting?
Reciprocal voting? That's child's play.
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So is this supposed to work like the other sites community? Where we upvote of we think its truly unpopular? Because this is negative right now but, i disagree with the opinion a lot, so feel i must vote up…
Either way you're interacting with the post and Google pays me.
Curses, foiled by big tech again!
lol, downvotes (and upvotes) only have meaning for sorting and on some clients posts starting collapsed or so. why would you retaliate for someone thinking your post should be placed a bit less prominently?
If you don't stand up for yourself, no one will.
if you "stand up" for something as irrelevant as a downvote, you'll just exhaust yourself before the real challenges come up.
The real challenges being getting reported or banned?
no, the real challanges are staying open minded while not losing yourself and IRL
I just think that you and I have different priorities.