Reposted for bruno196103 because mods on "The Awakening" deleted your thread @bruno196103, you got a small (very small) number of downvotes over time and you posted that you thought people ought to have to explain themselves to the OP when they downvote. I examined your posts and gave you the conclusion that most likely it's because you write badly (I used the term "write for shit") and people could have found what they thought were logical or factual errors, or thought you wasted their time with a video that made absolutely zero sense. And in case it wasn't from your being hurt but you perhaps indeed wondering why people shouldn't have to explain their downvotes to the OP, I gave you some reasons. As the moderator over there deleted your thread, you may not have seen, so here are reasons why they don't have to or even at their discretion should not: 1) That's your opinion they should have to explain themselves to you, others may not agree, and it's not a board rule. So no, people don't have to. 2) People may not have the time to write anything. May have time only to read and click. 3) Many times there's stupid, shilling, disinfo, irrelevant, or anti-Q-movement shit that gets posted repeatedly. If you write a response every time to it, that's overkill. Only the occasional response is useful. But there's no reason not to downvote. 4) Not only can it be overkill to respond/refute said shit every time, but doing so will result in those people posting even more of it, even if only in the replies. 5) Most times people who post such stuff are NOT going to themselves gain anything useful from a factual, reasoned response. If they were that type of person they wouldn't have made their less-than-worthless post in the first place. Final thought: Why don't you come over to a board that's very little moderated so you can actually find out what people are saying instead of what the mods want you to be able to read? While I didn't agree with your opinion about explaining downvotes, it certainly was a legit thing to talk about.