Do you give thumbs down because you do not like the person or because they did not give a good answer?

Question

All the time I see two people give the same answer and one of them has a thumbs down and the other has a thumbs up. What gives?

Answer 1

A little of both, I admit.

Often I don't even look at avatars when reading answers, and give thumbs up pretty generously.

But there is the occasional person who gets a fair share of thumbs down from me, usually a Fundie who posts 3 page long answers. I don't read them , and thumbs down to avoid having to scroll past it again.

Answer 2

If I ask a question I give a thumbs up for a answer, unless they put a totally disregarded kind of answer then its thumbs down. I figure if a person takes the time and gives an answer its worth giving a thumbs up, has nothing to do with who gave an answer. I have given a honorary middle finger to a couple people though, for wasting my time for disrespecting.

Answer 3

Some people will give a thumbs down because of the PERSON, some because of the answer.

I do not thumbs down because of persons, I do because of answers. And sometimes, an answer that would appear to be the same is not because of either the way it is worded or tone of answer. Those have a big influence sometimes in how an answer is looked at.

Answer 4

It just depends on who is looking at the answers at any given time.

I only give thumbs down if I don't agree with the answer. It has nothing to do with the person. You never know, I could totally agree with that person on the next question.

Edit: I'll give you a thumbs up Moon :)

Answer 5

I very rarely give thumbs down. I almost always give thumbs up to all answers, at my questions, and at the questions I answer. That's why I always end up with less, I give thumbs up to all others, but few do the same for me. :)

Answer 6

I give a thumb down when I think it is a bad answer, regardless who is the answerer.

Sometimes I give a thumb down to answers of people I like, or at least those I usually liked their answers. But it is all about the content of the answer, to me.

Peace.

Answer 7

Salam

Because they either where way off the mark in the question and some questions are very long so it takes patience to read it all esspecially off a computer screen. Some answers also. What is nice about Answers is most of the time you get the honest answers from people and so its kind of a reflection of themselves right?

Answer 8

I thumbs up/down according to the answer only.

Answer 9

I don't know anyone, so my thumbs down is solely based on the answer. You must be talking to someone else!

Answer 10

I only give a thumbs down if its rude or mean, it doesn't matter who's answer it is. Do the thumbs up/down really matter?