No question made in good faith and ignorant of possible answers is stupid.
The answer to the question posed is simply people have differing opinions on how a downvote in particular should be used. My thought is that it should be for a post that has no relevance in the thread. If I disagree, then I post a comment. An upvote should be used where you think more people should see it, not necessarily if you totally agree with it.
An up or downvote without more engagement just to agree or disagree is lazy, but at least the upvote is serving a little purpose.
No question made in good faith and ignorant of possible answers is stupid.
The answer to the question posed is simply people have differing opinions on how a downvote in particular should be used. My thought is that it should be for a post that has no relevance in the thread. If I disagree, then I post a comment. An upvote should be used where you think more people should see it, not necessarily if you totally agree with it.
An up or downvote without more engagement just to agree or disagree is lazy, but at least the upvote is serving a little purpose.