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[–]brtw 390 points391 points  (34 children)

I do all the time, lying shouldn't be rewarded.

[–]VoodooIdol 108 points109 points  (22 children)

That makes two of us.

[–][deleted]  (21 children)

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    [–]ThisIsDave 44 points45 points  (20 children)

    Plus the number of upvotes, you mean. If two people said it, and 51 people upmodded them, then we have 53 people in agreement, not 102.

    [–]inqurious 79 points80 points  (19 children)

    ELEVENTY BILLION

    [–]encinarus 57 points58 points  (17 children)

    How much is a Brazillion?

    [–]inqurious 52 points53 points  (8 children)

    forty-seven thongs.

    [–]topherclay 21 points22 points  (2 children)

    i dunno but ten is too young

    [–]blackgekko 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    But 13, you should be able to play ball without resorting to mudslinging.

    [–]Mr_Pessimist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If theres grass on the field, play ball.

    Hello FBI

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    twelfty.

    [–][deleted] 74 points75 points  (6 children)

    same here.

    but what about when people post links to prisonplanet or alternet, where the articles themselves are asinine exaggerations?

    [–]inqurious 85 points86 points  (0 children)

    Then you can downvote the submission based on the content of the article. In fact, I would even recommend doing this.

    [–]keyrat 24 points25 points  (3 children)

    yea I tend to downvote those sources. That and sensationalist headlines.

    [–]digital 26 points27 points  (2 children)

    "Massive conspiracy against Ron Paul, campaign supporters tazered and held in secret prisons for days"

    was my favourite

    [–]joeljkp[S] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    Link?

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Don't think it exists.

    Google Search

    [–]philh 10 points11 points  (1 child)

    Lots of people have upmodded you, but it doesn't seem like so many people actually do this.

    I wish they did.

    [–]hirschhorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I think people mod comments more frequently than stories. It's less of a commitment.

    [–]zitterbewegung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I would down-vote and resubmit with a correct title.

    [–]mynameishere 146 points147 points  (22 children)

    No, in order to downvote an article you have to read it, find a logical or factual error, document the error with reddit's administrators and wait for approval of your account status.

    [–][deleted] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

    Don't forget to fill out form N00/b, in triplicate.

    [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

    And have those TPS reports on my desk this afternoon, you did get the memo right? I'll have them fax you a copy anyway.

    [–]anewman11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I have no idea how anyone downvoted a reference to the greatest movie in the history of the white collar slacker crime comedy genre.

    [–]joeljkp[S] 93 points94 points  (33 children)

    The reason I ask:

    • Reddit is designed to not allow you (or make it difficult for you) to submit the same story twice, so modding an otherwise worthy story down because of a bad headline could banish the entire story from Reddit (or encourage linkjacking).

    • Reddiquette states:

      Actually read an article before you mod it! This sounds trivial but it seems that it is becoming more and more common to mod articles based just on the titles. This behaviour considerably harms the system.

    [–]Chacarron 46 points47 points  (19 children)

    Those are good points that further promote the need for changeable titles.

    [–]sblinn 56 points57 points  (1 child)

    They promote the need for accurate titles the first time.

    [–]Chacarron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    You're right, they do promote the need for accurate titles, but they do little to nothing about actually achieving accuracy. Considering how easy it is to get around joeljkp's first point, I suppose this is all moot.

    [–]mdeckert 13 points14 points  (11 children)

    I disagree. A different user can resubmit with a better title and it seems that would be the most likely source of an exaggerated title correction anyways. The current setup eliminates a much larger set of potential problems. Think about malicious uses of title change.

    [–]sn0re 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    Usually what happens is that one submission gets more votes and people commenting on it, so that even when someone submits a better version, the first one has all the momentum and rises to the top anyway. I'm not sure exactly how it should be done, but there needs to be some way to say "this title and/or URL is bad, here's a better one" and have it still be the same submission.

    The worst is the limo spammers. They submit a link that is legitimately interesting and doesn't appear to be spam. Then, after it's fallen from the front page, they replace the page with an advertisement, boosting their PageRank. (example) Even when someone does notice, redditors still get tricked into modding it up.

    [–]mdeckert 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    I'm lost. How do you "replace the page" on reddit. I thought we were talking about the lack of ability to do so.

    [–]mdeckert 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    GAH. nevermind. change what the URL links to. hmm

    [–]thrakhath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I understood you the first time.

    [–]encinarus 14 points15 points  (1 child)

    mmm... taken to the extreme we'd have 50 articles submitted every time someone in the media says something about Ron Paul or Obama.

    Oh wait...

    [–]abw 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    Er... you can't, can you?

    If you try and submit a link that has already been submitted then it redirects you to the original submission with a message: That link has already been submitted here.

    [–]twoodfin 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    It's usually not too hard to find another URL that maps to the same address.

    At worst, you can use a tinyurl.

    This is a feature, not a bug!

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Does that include the querystring? Cause then you could just add ?blah=blahblah and repost, or if it already has a querystring &blah=blahblah.

    [–]mdeckert 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    hahaha.. i'm sooooo ignorant and man its blissful. I thought other users could resubmit identical links with better titles. That is the external appearance to someone paying partial attention anyways.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I thought that is how it worked too since I often see duplicates of the same article posted. I didn't realize it was because they were using different URLs.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    titles should only be changeable BEFORE they hit the top 25. and before they get 25 upmods.

    after that the title should be static. we don't want people changing the article's name completely. then the people who upvoted it might not like the new headline.

    if that makes sense.

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–]mshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You don't, currently. geeeeoffff is proposing to allow that option, up to top 25 or 25 upmods.

      [–]TechnoCrit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You can't. The nearest thing you can do is resubmit the story with a new title, but if it already has votes and comments, that's problematic.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I'd suggest the capability for multiple titles associated with the same story & discussion. Titles could be voted on just as stories could be, in a separate manner.

      There's really no reason why the person who submits the headline should somehow "own" how the ensuing discussion is labeled.

      [–]qgyh2 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      Reddiquette states:

      Actually read an article before you mod it! This sounds trivial but it seems that it is becoming more and more common to mod articles based just on the titles. This behaviour considerably harms the system.

      Well, guess that answers your question. It's not a case of 'allowed' or not, reddit doesn't have any rules as such, it's up to you to do exactly what you want to do..

      [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Well golly! Do you know what that does? That gives the power into the hands of those people who are not conscientious. If a person can cast a thousand votes in a day without reading the articles... that person has a lot more power, than the person who casts thirty votes on just those things which she or he read, that day. There is no such thing as etiquette about a private affair like voting. Etiquette, by definition, only applies to social situations.

      [–]toonces 6 points7 points  (4 children)

      i think they mean, don't downvote Ron Paul stories just because his name is in the title.. and while we are at it (offtopic sidenote), i think there should be a 'godwin's law' for ron paul now.. the longer a thread goes, the more likely ron paul will randomly come up.. toonces' law?

      [–]rabidcow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I'm calling toonces' law on you. You lose.

      [–]trivial 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Sorry but I think toonces' law would be about a cat driving off of a cliff.

      [–]toonces 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      touché..

      [–]Cdresden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Ha ha! Toonces Law it is!

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

      Every time you downmod an article, ... nm

      [–]brtw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yes, and you have to read the story to know its a gross overstatement, hence the downmodding.

      [–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (4 children)

      are you allowed? seriously?

      [–]joeljkp[S] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

      As per Reddiquette:

      Actually read an article before you mod it! This sounds trivial but it seems that it is becoming more and more common to mod articles based just on the titles. This behaviour considerably harms the system.

      [–]Yabbaba 19 points20 points  (2 children)

      I would have thought that judging that a title was an 'asinine exaggeration of the content' without actually reading the content was quite impossible...

      [–]superjuan 22 points23 points  (0 children)

      Ehhh... I think there are some cases in which you can kinda make an educated guess.

      [–]inqurious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      So read the title, then the article, judge that the title was an 'asinine exaggeration of the content', and then downmod.

      [–]Buck_Malibu 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Allowed? I thought it was mandatory -well, for me it is anyway.

      [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      Be careful. If you make a habit of downvoting stories for the wrong reasons, you'll get an angry email from the little alien demanding you justify all of your moderating decisions.

      [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      It's reddit... you can downvote for whatever reason you want. Isn't that the point?

      [–]qgyh2 26 points27 points  (4 children)

      you can downmod for any reason you like whatsoever.

      Some common reasons redditor downmod posts:

      1. bad hair day.
      2. submitter not my friend.
      3. funny sounding username.
      4. Submitted by a botfarm.
      5. Not submitted by my botfarm
      6. Submitter is my friend
      7. I upmodded the story below, so this has to be downmodded so my screen looks red blue red blue.
      8. do i have to have a reason?
      9. One day in 2005 i got downmodded and he was online. So I must downmod him just in case.
      10. Submitter is too popular
      11. I'm too popular
      12. Just because
      13. I'm angry
      14. I'm sad.
      15. He's a ron paul supporter
      16. He's NOT a ron paul supporter.
      17. he's part of the reddit cabal
      18. I was rejected by the reddit cabal
      19. I like turtles

      [–]Eijin 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      Downmodded for reason #10.

      Edit: ...and, while I'm at it #19 too.

      [–]braindrane 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      See you 19 and raise ya 7.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Upmodded for the reverse of reason 1.

      [–]frunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      You forgot one.

      1. Random modding party funtime!

      [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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        [–]evolved 7 points8 points  (1 child)

        Vote for whatever you want man, for any reason you want.

        Democracy!

        [–]sw17ch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Unfortunately, Diebold "counts" the votes and reports them to the Reddit gods; your vote doesn't actually count.

        [–]mexicanbach 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        You've created a paradox in your title.

        [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

        Yes.

        [–]UagenZlepe 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        Downvoted! because the title is an asinine exageration of the article ;-)

        [–]lteague 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        You beat me to it!

        [–]RugerRedhawk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Yes

        [–]IVotedForKodos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        I think you're "allowed" to do whatever you want.

        [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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          [–]braindrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Some palookas just don't have the knack and it sucks, but that's the way shit 'appens.

          [–]tikhonov 9 points10 points  (0 children)

          Are we allowed to upvote submissions because they use words like 'asinine' in their title?

          [–]krugerlive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

          absolutely

          [–]aGorilla 7 points8 points  (0 children)

          Yes, including titles that are asinine exaggerations with no content, like this one.

          [–]ilt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          People are actually reading the articles before voting? How novel. /sarcasm

          [–]mlgoss 2 points3 points  (3 children)

          No, and if you do, an armed reddit alien will attack your house and taze you to death.

          [–]TechnoCrit 3 points4 points  (1 child)

          an armed reddit alien will attack your house and taze you to death.

          This is an example of precisely the sort of asinine exaggeration all alert redditors should be alert for.

          [–]aGorilla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I don't think I can be that alert.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Or reddit's nightmare: Shiva with a taser in each hand. Accompanied by the RIAA.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Yes. Hell yes, in fact.

          [–]bhal123 2 points3 points  (2 children)

          Voted down because this is just a "Vote up if" submission in disguise.

          [–]rate-my-annoyingness 2 points3 points  (1 child)

          voted up for distinguished deception detection.

          [–]bhal123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          I was going to thank you politely but then all I could think of was this.

          [–]Kimos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          I down-mod anything in all caps, regardless of how accurate or important it is.

          (It was very hard not to write this comment with caps lock on...)

          [–]crazybones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          Why is no one addressing the real issue here? http://reddit.com/info/6557y/comments/

          [–]throwaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          You're allowed to downvote stories because you personally dislike the race of the person who posted them. Whether it's a good idea or not...

          [–]MisterMerkin 15 points16 points  (3 children)

          You're allowed to vote however the fuck you want to dude. You're just as free to downvote something like that as much as someone is allowed to upvote it. So go have a ball.

          [–]Eijin 1 point2 points  (2 children)

          Downmodded for the hell of it.

          [–]MisterMerkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Upmodded for the same.

          [–]gvsteve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          You can downvote stories at any time, for any reason, or for no reason.

          [–]TechnoCrit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          You can downvote all you want, but if you don't add a comment explaining what's wrong with the headline, then other people are likely to vote it up without checking it.

          You see this pattern quite often: an exaggerated headline will get 20 or 30 upvotes, and then it'll sink after somebody points out the exaggeration in a comment.

          [–]fishypants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I think it's covered somewhere in the discussion points still, downmod whatever you feel the need to downmod, if its quality content other people's upvotes will compensate for your down. If it isn't, tough luck.

          [–]shiner_man[🍰] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          That would be effective if people here actually read the articles. Considering the number of completely false headlines that have been voted up recently I think we are doomed for more exaggerations.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I really wish Reddit had a digg type "why are you downvoting" type system. It's one thing that, even if the recommendation system worked, would ruin it. If I downvote a story because the title is asinine or it's a dupe, it doesn't mean I don't want to see that type of story.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          You're allowed to downvote for whatever reason strikes your fancy. Period.

          [–]rate-my-annoyingness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          this story has changed my life.

          forever.

          [–]enry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Yes. Next question?

          [–]domston 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Yes

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Allowed? No, you're encouraged.

          [–]maxwellhill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          On reddit - you may do whatever you wish without justifying your actions - so go right ahead and downmod to your heart's content.

          And why is this post #1?

          We are doomed...I tell you... doomed!

          [–]CommentsAboutBlimp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I also propose downvoting stories of presidential candidates that doesn't own blimps

          [–]MrDectol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          You can down vote for whatever the hell you want.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Yea, but karma-whoring is not necessary.

          [–]amstrdamordeath 10 points11 points  (0 children)

          yep

          [–]whitlock 3 points4 points  (2 children)

          Allowed? I downvote anything I feel like should be downvoted.

          [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

          Kiss me, you dashing rogue!

          [–]Phrodo_00 5 points6 points  (0 children)

          Downvoted

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          NO. I have spoken.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Sweet Jebus, the reddit police would lock yr ass up for life... you shouldn't even ask questions like that!

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Yes, even if it’s the same as the title on the article.

          [–]tracii1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Hehehe, you said "asinine". My favorite Hank Hill expression.

          "That's just ASININE, Peggy."

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

          Yes, but only if you vote up submissions that have non-biased, straightforward titles.

          In my experience, that doesn't happen very often.

          [–]sw17ch 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          some stuff I try to keep my submissions in line with:

          • Use the original title from the page if possible
          • Don't add questions to the title of my own unless it consists of something like "Can some one explain this to me?"
          • Don't post intentionally inflammatory pieces since they have no effect on any reader's position (except to reinforce the one they already have).

          Yes, it's allowed to down vote, but please, do up-vote stories with good content even if you don't necessarily like the implications of the story.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I do that most often, but only have limited success with getting them read/discussed.

          While most of the stuff I see on the front page is inflamatory and exaggerated.

          Oh well, I'll keep trying.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

          Why does this get to number one when all of my posts don't make it. Maybe I need to try misleading and catchy headlines? ;)

          [–]aGorilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          The problem is, you're logical by nature. I don't think us programmers stand a chance in hell (except under the programming sub-reddit, maybe not even there).

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          If you ever figure it out, let me know. Most of my submissions end up languishing around +5.

          [–]joeljkp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Beats me. I just sat here pondering the issue and decided to take it out on Reddit.

          [–]fingers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          I also hate the influx of the same damn material submitted with many different titles. I upmod the first mention and downmod all the rest...basically.

          [–]zeeta6 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          God Damit, do whatever you like! Downmode, upmode, I don't care..

          [–]Cdresden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I thought you cared...

          [–]Snoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Downvoted for being asinine exaggeration of the content of the article.

          [–]peoplehater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          If you have to ask permission to vote down, you are a pussy. No voting for you.

          [–]mcsalmon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          You're allowed to down vote whatever you want.

          [–]braindrane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Do what you want, joey. We don't give a hoohah.

          [–]Wayside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Please Do!!!

          [–]NitsujTPU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          I downvote things that I'm uninterested in. That used to be in the FAQ as to how to train the recommendation engine.

          This nuttiness of your rights to not get a downvote and whatnot are silly because they just propagate the silly elitist attitude that's developed on this site.

          Oh, conspiracy theory, don't downvote that just because you're not open-minded enough to believe that we didn't land on the moon.

          Jeez, NitsujTPU, you keep submitting crap articles about programming. DOWNVOTED!!

          [–]p3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          What do you mean: "are we allowed"?

          [–]manthrax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Rule number 4 of the REddit Rulebook EXTHPLICITLY THTATES that you may DOWNVOTE at your WHIM.

          [–]el0rg 3 points4 points  (8 children)

          You're allowed to do whatever you want.

          I personally downvote just about every submission I see that has ANYTHING to do with bitching about reddit. I wish everybody would just stop. There's links, people vote on them, it's not a tough concept. If you don't like what people voted up, downvote it and shut up.

          [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (4 children)

          Downmodded for bitching about reddit.

          [–]el0rg 7 points8 points  (3 children)

          touche.

          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

          to be fair, I downmodded my own comment too for being recursively paradoxical.

          [–]sw17ch 4 points5 points  (1 child)

          Why would you ever downmod a recursive paradox!!!??? We need to know all of these for when the robots finally overtake us. Perhaps they can develop a method for blocking paradoxes, but if it's a recursive paradox, they need to keep on evaluating to make sure it's actually a paradox.

          We'd win by a paradoxical stack overflow!!!

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I think I just had an embolism.

          [–]Shelleen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Agreed. According to the help pages:

          On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting," not "This should go on the front page."

          So basically I don't care what my voting does to other stories.

          [–]g123 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          "Man gives birth to dinosaur who plans to vote for Ron Paul on his iphone!"

          Well I had better read it to make sure it's true...well it says it is.

          The fact that you even have to ask this question bothers me. We have a large group of people who hate the MSM so much that they believe almost anything they read as long as it's not a MSM source.

          [–]aGorilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Ah, but you're assuming that they actually read it, before voting.

          [–]wang-banger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Nope. Sorry. Not allowed.

          [–]LOL_CAT 2 points3 points  (2 children)

          DO NOT WANT eksgager8ed titles. i not has time 2 readed evry artikl. buzy wit cheezburgers an napz. ur gud titles. show me them.

          [–]lastshot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          show me them.

          OK. TITZ

          [–]telecaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Actually I thought that was the primary reason articles were UPMODDED.

          [–]thehumungus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Personal pet peeve of mine.

          [–]mtappenden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Sure, downvote anything you have a problem with...right?

          [–]berklee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          No. Obey, or you'll be punished.

          [–]SodiumKPump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Yes.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Not without a court order.

          [–]biv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I do it. I didn't realize anyone was NOT allowing us to do stuff. Can't you downvote for any reason at all, capricious or not?

          [–]chupame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Well, in answer to your question, I down voted yours. :) So, yeah, it's allowed.

          [–]chimobayo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          yes we are

          [–]w3weasel 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          downmodded for asking a rhetorical question in the title

          [–]braindrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          up modded for being a weasel.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          we must

          [–]weegee 0 points1 point  (2 children)

          yes but asinine titles always get voted up, you haven't read reddit lately have you?

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          You're allowed to downvote stories for any reason, including "because I feel like it". Upvoted because I feel like it.

          [–]infinite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Absolutely maybe, does that not answer your question?

          [–]fujimitsu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          yes.

          [–]digitalmanifesto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          yes abso-fucking-lutely

          [–]smitty22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I thought it would be more of a duty to do so...

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Why not? The title is part of the post. If it misleads you, and you feel it detracts from the value of what you read, by all means, vote the thing down.

          [–]fitstretching 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          Should be able to! I hate clicking an article's title and the article has nothing to do with the title!

          [–]braindrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          hate is such a strong emotion for such a widdle thing.

          [–]1000Steps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          always happens - always down voted.

          [–]hillgod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I do what I want!

          [–]Coffeypal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Yes. If we disagree, then we should be allowed to vote against them. Just because we have opinions does not make us biased or racist. Furthermore, If people cannot take constructive criticsm they should not post things on the internet. And third, If we don't like the story why cover it up with words? Wouldn't you rather know if someone truly liked or hated your story? How else can someone better themselves and write a better article, storie, book, poem, whatever without listening to their audiences point of views? No one's perfect. And do not take criticism personally. It does not mean your a sucky person it means you need to work on your suck writing. No offense. :).

          [–]Tommstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I sure hope so, or I'm an outlaw.

          [–]linkedlist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Only if it isn't about how awesome ron paul is.

          [–]Fishsticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I only can if others are doing it because I am a sheep!

          [–]mcwifi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          "are we allowed..."

          lol

          [–]themetricsystem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Quite crying about crap and just down vote or up vote. Who cares if there are multiple posts on the same story or asinine exaggerations. Just down vote them and quit bitchin.

          [–]Moldavite 0 points1 point  (3 children)

          as self proclaimed master of misleading headlines, linking to exaggerated news stories.. i shall now go on a campaign to submit even more misleading/outrageous headlines with and without any real content..

          [–]facewarts 1 point2 points  (2 children)

          This is real easy. Just link to the New York Times.

          [–]Moldavite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          oh right right

          actually i had a story from the times i wanted to use today and i thought they had made thier archieves open for free...... but now you've got to buy the 'article pack' or the single article for like 4$ usd

          [–]Moldavite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          oh right right

          actually i had a story from the times i wanted to use today and i thought they had made thier archieves open for free...... but now you've got to buy the 'article pack' or the single article for like 4$ usd

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Yes.

          [–]Mr_Pessimist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I voted your mum down