I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.

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    Downvote = “I think this should be a little lower in the sort priority”

    It’s the opposite of an upvote.

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        I feel that should be balanced with: this is appropriate here so I won’t downvote it, even if it’s irrelevant to me.

        … I suppose for big communities that averages out so it’s okay, but maybe not for small

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            Like if you downvote everything you don’t upvote, it almost doesn’t have an effect because all those things are equally bearing one new downvote and hence don’t change sort precedence with each other.