Comment by DoTheDew on 07/01/2025 at 01:59 UTC

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View submission: Should downvoters have to explain?

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Oh and then all of those people would also have to provide a reason for downvoting too, likely an insult as well. Yeah, that would really improve things. Receiving an insult in the form of text every time someone downvotes me will really increase my enjoyment with Reddit. As things are now, I don’t even know when I’m downvoted because I don’t pay any attention to my previous comments.

Why shouldn’t used have to explain why they upvoted as well?

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Comment by jchusker at 07/01/2025 at 02:51 UTC

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Downvoting can limit someone's ability to participate in some subreddits that have minimum karma requirements, so undeserved downvotes are more problematic than undeserved upvotes.