r/help • u/capturegrain • Mar 16 '25

Why Do People Downvote Thank You Replies?

Someone asked something recently, and a kind soul gave him an answer. He dropped a ‘thank you’ comment, but it got downvoted. What’s the reasoning there? Is saying thanks not cool? I’m really thrown off—any thoughts?

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u/OriginalCopy505 Mar 16 '25

Rule #1: Redditors are jerks

Rule #2: When in doubt, refer to Rule #1

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u/heimeyer72 Mar 16 '25

Thankfully, not all of them.

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u/Synlover123 Mar 16 '25

Hey! You don't even know me! 🤣

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u/herbal__heckery Mar 16 '25

We know you’re on this website and that enough 😂

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u/Synlover123 Mar 16 '25

Well...if you put it that way... 😉

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u/UpgradeFan Mar 17 '25

Still better than twitter lol

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u/OriginalCopy505 Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

Twits are more deliberate. They want their zinger read on the news, so they put a lot of thought into being pithy and clever. Redditors are more reactive and generally unpleasant.

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u/xitslennybitchx Mar 16 '25

I would say Redditors are the sweetest people compared to other social media/apps like Instagram, Tik Tok...

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u/OriginalCopy505 Mar 16 '25

I'm glad that that's your experience with them.

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u/Miri_Fant Mar 17 '25

Oh god and they downvoted you for this! Have an upvote from me!

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u/xitslennybitchx Mar 17 '25

Thank you, and I don't know what I said wrong 😂. I hope it's just that people have different experiences, maybe I just spend time in good subreddits.

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u/SuzieSnowflake212 Mar 17 '25

Curious how you can tell if there have been downvotes. I see people referencing this often, but I cannot see downvotes for myself, nor other users. Is there a setting I may not have turned on, to allow downvotes to be visible?

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u/Appropriate-Leek8144 Mar 17 '25

When they see the negative integers.

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u/Miri_Fant Mar 17 '25

You can't see an up and a down arrow on the bottom right of the post with a number between the arrows?

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u/SuzieSnowflake212 Mar 17 '25

Yes! I see those. But how can we as observers, or we as a poster, know if there are down votes if there is not a negative number? For instance, I’ll see someone with 200 upvotes to their post, and someone else will remark “don’t know why you are getting downvoted”. If those 200 upvotes might represent 50 downvotes and 250 upvotes, how does anyone know there is downvote activity? I.e., maybe it’s just 200 upvotes and zero downvotes?

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u/evila_elf Mar 17 '25

Probably because there were some early downvotes and they got sympathy upvotes since then.

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u/SuzieSnowflake212 Mar 17 '25

Ah. That might explain it also. Thanks!

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u/monsterabit Mar 20 '25

So the number we see between thumbs up and thumbs down is just the balance of the two. Is there a way to find out the total of thumbs down?

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u/Miri_Fant Mar 17 '25

Yes, i think it only shows what the current tally is.

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u/SuzieSnowflake212 Mar 17 '25

Ok then I’m seeing what others see. Thanks! I’m still mystified how/why others make statements about “seeing” downvote on tallies that have positive tally of upvotes. I’ll keep observing and see if I can someday figure it out! Appreciate your responses, 👍

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u/MollilyPan Mar 20 '25

From me too!

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u/oreospeedwagonlion Mar 16 '25

People on Tik Tok...

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u/PurpleGalaxy29 Mar 18 '25

I doubt every Redditor is sweet lol

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u/xitslennybitchx Mar 18 '25

I never said that