RE: Game theory of downvoting ?

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Ok what if your an angry commentator in a community full of aggressive down-voters? Yes you take an initial hit to your votes but you don't get into any wars, you actually start to do better than all the aggressive down-voters who are voting themselves into oblivion all around them. More and more people see this approach working and start to flip into an angry commentator.

I think this assumes that angry downvoters only downvote other angry downvoters. If the angry downvoters are also quick to downvote angry commentators, don't the angry commentators also get voted into oblivion, even if they are unwilling or unable to retaliate with forceful downvotes of their own?


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So I imagined when a angry downvoter downvotes someone there is two responses by the down votee, they either don't respond to avoid more downvotes or downvote back.

I'm this model I am assuming that without a proactive response the cycle stops.

So option one the downvoter wins, the perosn they downvoted backs down no more downvotes are given (very simple model) . Downvoter wins, the person who got hit takes it on the chin and takes the moderates loss. They probably also need to change thier behaviour to avoid further downvotes.

Or if you downvote back you start a flag war. Both parties loss.

I do agree it's a simple take and assume the downvoter does not follow that person around out of spit and people change thier behaviour to avoid more downvotws.. which may be a very very simple and way to logical take now that I write it

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Definitely well said,have seen someone who downvote me just because the said I wrote (lolz) on another users post,it is very funny to just se someone like that doing that for a selfish reason


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