Is it rude to interrogate downvoters?

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I’m very curious about the reasoning different people use when deciding to downvote a post or comment. Often, when something gets “heavily” downvoted, the OP will ask some variation of “why the downvotes?”. This is sometimes answered with sincere criticism, but sometimes is received even more poorly than the original offending post.

Do you downvote people who ask “why the downvotes?”? What informs the decision?

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see if you can improve your interactions

Are you sure it improves interaction ?

  • This post is the proof that it don’t improve interaction. From my experience, they don’t understand. It didn’t improve their understanding nor invited them to introspect themselve.
  • I don’t think that everyone has the same sensibility. That also tell if users are empathic or unkind.
  • You asume downvoter are always right and we should accept the result with dignity. What if we complained about downvote because we told people that our world isn’t flat but round ?
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also people paint “complain about downvotes” with a broad brush, wondering why you were downvoted or discussing the reasoning, can easily be painted as “complaining” especially from someone who says they “automatically downvote” (not a lot of nuance in an automatic decision).

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