Do you feel people give thumb down due to jealousy?

Question

I notice many people give good legitimate answers and all of a sudden some person come alone and give thumb down or nothing at all. They rather give a person nothing if they feel as if that person deserves a thumb up. To me, this shows how negative many people can be. I'm a very positive person and for so many it's easy for them to be negative. How do you feel about negative people? Do you think this is an indication of jealousy? Are you more negative or positive? Do you hang around negative people? Why do you think people give thumb down and never consider giving thumb up for anyone? Do you think it's fair that people ask questions and don't consider telling you that they are letting it go into voting? How do you feel about constuctive criticism? I can tell you, I welcome all criticism and feel smart enough to know when it not constructive, so just down right negative criticism I throw it out the window. Let me know your feelings!

Answer 1

it depends on lots of things like the questions, the tone, who, personality, moods or whatever the reasons are but don't let that bother you. people with negative energy is not worth your time and efforts right? so thumbs up for the positives.

if some people enjoy giving thumbs down, it's their problem and not mine, that's how i see it, it doesn't hurt me

Answer 2

They give you thumbs down because they wish they could have come up with the answer--hence jealousy, you are right.

It is like why do girls talk bad about a pretty girl they do not know..jealousy.

Kind of immature, but that is human nature for you.

Answer 3

sometimes

Answer 4

they are giving thumbs down because you do not answer or believe the same as them.

Answer 5

I think sometimes that's the case.  I also think a lot of times a long, well-thought-out answer might get a thumbs down because people aren't willing to read the entire thing carefully, so they just skim it and judge it and possibly get the wrong idea by the first few sentences (like, someone starts with a summary sentence that sounds like it deserves a thumb down but then they continue to specify what they mean and only in the details is it evident the answer was well-thought-out).  Also, people like to bash people that don't believe the same as them.  For example, if, in the Vegetarian section, a meat-eater gives a respectful, legitimate answer to the question "why do you still eat meat???" they're sure to get a flurry of thumbs-down, even though they answered the question and did so respectfully.

Once I posted a question in the religion and spirituality section (a VERY volatile section, if you've ever been over there) asking if everyone agreed that they felt more positive and tolerant after going through the answers of any question and giving any answer a thumbs up.  A lot of people said so.

And people are just more likely to be mean over the Internet... on Youtube, for instance, even good FUNNY videos get more negative comments than positive comments.

Answer 6

I don't enjoy negative people. All they do is try to make people feel lower than them. Not necessarily, no. I'm generally more positive. I hang around with a mixed bag. That's no good at all. Yeah, it's fair. I like constructive critisim both ways.