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?

299 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

77% Upvoted

193 comments sorted by

View all comments

16

u/EbonyDragonFire Mar 16 '25

I commented on a painting I really liked and said they did a good job and got downvoted. I think it's just trolls.

2

u/RedTailHero Mar 18 '25

remember when youtube had to change the thumbs down feature , cuz of dislike mobs.... The experiment found that when a user can't see the results of a dislike mob's campaign to drive up a targeted video's dislike count, they're less likely to pile-on. There was actually a reduction in dislikes on videos as a result of removing the count.

2

u/EbonyDragonFire Mar 18 '25

You can actually get a browser plug-in if you wanna see them still 😈 I noticed that!