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dislikedtom2 on Nov 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollar...

Often I think it means that you asked a painful question. Don't think that downvotes are always bad, they merely just tell what is popular, just like in reddit.

benj111 on Nov 26, 2022 [–]

But this isn't Reddit. If I wanted a popularity contest I'd be on Reddit, or Twitter or Facebook.

I want intelligent questions and answers and a basic respect for learning and knowledge.

To me it just shouldn't be acceptable to downvote a (non rhetorical) question.

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