14 downvotes and no messages actually. I'm going to assume that the downvotes are of the "I don't agree with this idea" variety unless someone sends me a message otherwise.

My intent in creating this node was to provide a forum to discuss this idea, as it was too much of a tangent in the original context. I see it as a way to quickly communicate the flaws in a post to the author, which would hopefully lead to better future posts.

The lack of messages could be due to a few things:

  1. No need to comment, they simply don't agree
  2. They feel the topic was adequately covered in the other post.
  3. It takes time to click '/msg' and type a reply
  4. They don't want their name attached to the comment. Votes are anonymous, and sending a message about the downvote makes it less so.
I have cast a decent number of downvotes, but I must confess that I have never sent a message to explain why. Most of the time the problem has already been pointed out in the replys and an explanation isn't really neccesary.

If an inline comment box was available I would be more inclined to add a note, and if it was anonymous some people might be more comfortable with using it.

In reply to Re^2: Optional vote explanation box as an anonymous message sender. by imp
in thread Optional vote explanation box as an anonymous message sender. by imp

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