0 to click (= choose) a symbol to show that you dislike or disagree with something you have read or seen on the internet:
1 a symbol that shows someone dislikes or disagrees with something they have read or seen on the internet:
If all you do is downvote without offering a valid counter point then you're basically admitting your own ignorance.
If your natural inclination is to criticize a bad idea and downvote it, remember the ultimate goal is to encourage idea generation and idea sharing.
It gets downvoted because it's disparaging people for no good reason.
When one of my comments gets downvoted I don't take it personally.
Given all the responses and downvotes, maybe you should reconsider.
