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I am sure I missed some perfectly reasonable answers, so please let me know. I have only ever used the downvote button a few times, mostly for reason A, but there is also at least one out there that I would take back if that were an option.

I have also been downvoted myself, and I know that especially for someone with low karma it can be a real blow.

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'E) I think someone said something factually incorrect'

Of course, one should reply with a correction, but in reality, maybe that's not always what happens.

If a comment really is factually incorrect then a downvote is appropriate, but some comments that at first glance appear to be factually incorrect are really just opinions.

I'm continually downvoted on HN because I disagree with most on here on things related to copyright.

It is becoming pretty annoying, mainly because HN is becoming more like /r/politics (NSA, government, big business are all evil), rather than talking about cool hacker tech.

Sorry, it ended up as G instead

Since I tend to highlight text with a mouse as a I read, there are a number of threads that I have accidentally voted on. I would really appreciate the ability to change my up/down vote on HN (even if it's only available for a limited time).

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