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chippy on Jan 15, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: MapGive - Open Mapping from the US State Dept.

Agreed - we really should encourage contributions to the discussions, rather than "i disagree points".

(I cannot downvote, all I see is the comment in a lighter shade of grey. If I could, would I be able to see the number of downvotes?)

saraid216 on Jan 15, 2014 [–]

> If I could, would I be able to see the number of downvotes?

The only person who can see number of upvotes/downvotes is the person who made the comment. I am pretty sure this is to prevent making leaderboards out of trolling, but I could be wrong.

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