I ++ your node because it asked a valid question in a professional manner.

I disagree with your thesis that no one should be downvoting. As has already been mentioned, the voting aspect of this site is a method that members can use to reward and punish behaviour that they define 'good' and 'bad', where these are arbitrary individually defined ideals.

I prefer to wait until I see a good node before I ++ a node, but if something really rubs me the wrong way (like a HUGE 'RTFM' and nothing else in response to a valid Perl question), the -- gets used.

It's a way of letting off steam. Imagine how much higher the tension level would be if there were only ++ votes available. :)

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"Nyahhh (munch, munch) What's up, Doc?" --Bugs Bunny