Timeline for Should there be Anonymous Comments?
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 22:20 | comment | added | tj_ | I think there had been several posts about unexplained/uncomprehensible downvotes on meta in the past. How about disabling downvotes at all? | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 21:28 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | I used to leave comments when I voted things down, and it really really really ticked people off. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 19:59 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | @StefanKohl maybe not on upvvotes, but certainly on a downvote, simply because I see that as a kind of politeness that may improve on the reputation of the MO community. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 17:31 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | A comment is a comment, and a vote is a vote -- these are two separate things. -- Or would you want to give an explanation each time you vote on a post, be it up or down? | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 10:28 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | @MartinSleziak the dicussion Meta Stack Exchange is quite thorough and addresses most of the points. So if there aren't strong arguments in favor of anyomous comments in reply to this question, it can be closed. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 10:26 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | This is only tangentially related, but the questions whether downvotes should in general be accompanied by a comment has also been discussed a few times. Here are two links from this meta (and links to some discussion on other metas can be found there): Completely Unexplained Downvotes and Can anyone learn anything from a downvote without an accompanying rationale in a comment? | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 10:13 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | The following feature request on Meta Stack Exchange (from 2009) is tagged (status-declined): Allow users to leave an anonymous comment when voting (Of course, you can also have a look at other discussions linked there to see whether you find something interesting there.) | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 10:09 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak |
The tag (comments| seems to be suitable here; I am less sure about (down-votes) - although it is clearly related to the problem described in the question - but if you think that this tag is not a good fit, feel free to retag the question.
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 9:56 | history | asked | Manfred Weis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |