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You can't down vote a comment, that might be a reason.
by chromano 11y ago
You can't down vote a comment, that might be a reason.
- hgezim 11y agoAre upvotes in a comment worth the same as upvotes of an answer?!
- viraptor 11y agoUpvotes show up on the side of the comment, but you don't get any rep for it.
- hgezim 11y agoAh, ok. There is very little incentive to commenting. Are people that afraid of criticism on SO when there is no upside to commenting?!
- chromano 11y agoIt seems like it is worth nothing but a badge, as documented here: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17364/how-does-comment-voting-and-flagging-work http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17364/how-does-comme... "No reputation of any kind is earned or lost from comment votes, though the Commentator badge is awarded for leaving 10 comments, and the Pundit badge is awarded to those who left 10 comments, each with a score of 5 or more."