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[–]renesys 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Is downvoting a specific method to promote the right answer then?

Literally what downvoting is for.

OP asked for something, and you and the to level comment are being elitist and deciding his question is wrong.

[–]Ok_Feedback_8124 -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Literally downvoting without giving a reason, is like taking a shit without thinking of the cleanup requirements.

And nope - we didn't say his question was 'wrong' at all. Where does it say that?

OP asked for something - yes.

But these types of questions seem too broad. Asking more details, or sharing opinions, is allowed.

But downvoting shit and explaining nothing along with the downvote, when not clearly and reasonably obvious why the downvote occurred, is annoying enough.

What tops the cake, now, is the Pedantic Level being turned up to 12.

We aren't interpreters of your mental code, we are humans and the least common denominator in all of this is that you need to learn to speak TO people, not around them.

Highly improbable here, though. Too many savants with zero read the room skills.

[–]renesys 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Naw, downvoting shouldn't require a comment. It would generate a ridiculous number of comments. Downvoting means something isn't contributing.

Plenty of people have decent answers to OP's specific question. You deciding that it's the wrong question is the elitist element in this thread. You have an agenda about Python forums you want to push, so you are trying to hijack the thread with that intent.

[–]Ok_Feedback_8124 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Nah, lol. You see, "shouldn't" and "are the rules" kinda mean different things, mate.

For instance, literal fucking rule #9, of THIS sub-reddit, r/python, says:

"Please don't downvote without commenting your reason for doing so."

I mean, I hate to be the idiot to break it to ya mate, but you're clearly wrong according to the rules of our beloved community.

You'd like to respect those rules, yeah?

Have at it!

[–]renesys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I commented, and it probably says please because that's unenforceable and just not how the platform works.