Thumbs down? What is the point when they aren't used properly?

Question

They are supposed to be used when a bad answer is given, NOT when you feel the need to troll after people. Do you use this feature properly or do you use it to express your dislike for certain people?

Answer 1

salaam sis,

yeah i came back today and i noticed on all my answers i have thumbs down. even when my answers were low key. so i think alot of people hate me. ahh well. i dont care anywayssssssssssss.

im moroccan so what everyone else thinks doesnt mean much. who are they god???

Answer 2

YA is abused all the time,sadly.

Answer 3

I use it properly.  It drives me crazy especially the political questions it just seems like a democrat gives thumbs down to all republicans and visa versa.   I pay no attention to the thumbs down anymore.

Answer 4

yea I've noticed that especially in Ramadan.  A Q might be asked and there is only a couple of answers so far, but each has like 3 or 4 thumbs down.  I think most of it is trolls.  Also lots of people use them just because they disagree with the answer instead of using it because the answer was incorrect.  I think there are a lot of trolls that have a few accts. and they just go back and forth between them givings thumbs down all the time.

Answer 5

It seems the trolls delete questions when they want to.  They apparently deleted my question about whether or not this is a travel forum on the basis that it was not a question.  That is total bs.  But I am not expecting mature stuff out of the two of them.