Huh? Are you saying that ++ votes are meaningless?
No. ++ votes mean it was an especially good post. The lack of additional comment means there was nothing to add or correct.
there's nothing to add or correct, it's a neutral post, and should receive no votes.
No. If a post is thorough, what needs to be added? If it's exactly what I would have said, but said better, why shouldn't I upvote it? If it's something I wouldn't have thought of, but a great idea, I should upvote it.
It seems to me the topic is raised by whiners who can't stand receiving downvotes, but who never seem to question their upvotes.
I'm sure that such a smug prejudice is much preferable to reading and understanding what's written. As I've explained several times already, people know why they get upvotes -- it's for the same reason that they thought their post was worth making. And the threads -- including this one -- are started by people who find it frustrating to get no useful feedback that would help them improve their posts.

Update: An explanation of why you got a ++ would not likely give you any information on how to improve your posts. The ++ is not an indicator that you need to improve it.

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In reply to Re: Re: Encouraging comments for downvotes by Roy Johnson
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