Shall I start the voting?

I voted for "variety" (Etc.) ....... Also, one thing that counts for a lot with me is content, if, for example, a video is poor quality visually, but has good content within, then I'll still give it an upvote. I actually take downvotes quite seriously & think long and hard before clicking one, when I do give a downvote, I give my reasons why (even though I'm not obliged to) 'cos I think it's only fair to give OP some feedback.

*Quality post @chingalera.

If I downvote a vid, it's because I think the sift would be better without it. In some cases, I think the world would be a better place if it had never been made.

I downvote videos that make the world worse.

If I like it, I upvote. If I feel like it's a waste of time, I downvote. If I hate it, I downvote.

I have to be REALLY offended/repulsed to designate a down vote.

-Always trips me out that there hasn't ever been more users using both up-and-down votes with equal frequency, especially with spam-like political-pundit offerings or a "year of 10 Rachael Maddow segments on every page."
-Who the fuck needs cable TV when there's devoted lackeys dutifully uploading every fucking newscast onto you tube?? YOU TUBE, where it belongs!! Why the fuck should we suffer infotainmentindoctrination here, I often ask myself....Then downvote , the same sensibilities guiding my hand.

http://videosift.com/playlists/djsunkid/My-favourite-ant-downvotes

Rad!

I never downvote.

Yep: http://videosift.com/member/probie/voteddown ...

I do though.

Ok besides ant here....

Who down-votes with a tincture of sensibilities, pet-peevish disdain for tone and timbre of a particular user's comments or antics, half a fifth of, "That'll panty-knot yer grandstandin'!", and maybe a dash of, "Oh fuck off, up or down and I don't care!"??

My take on the dichotomy that does not exist here with regards to the efficacy of votes and their effect on anything but fake bling, is that up and down should be tossed-around with fervor and abandon on offerings of users who have been here the longest, are the most active etc., and that more attention should be paid to the offerings and activeness of the USERS WHO ARE:

A newbies
B talented and resourceful, (feel'em out, dipshits!)
C show the fuck up at all and say ANYTHING on this flaccid site!

Kinna boringly cliquish and dull around here, maybe you charters who put money to mouth should get a room and come up with some ideas-Place needs a douche

Sorry ant, I changed the punctuation in my last diatribe-It read before like I was describing you in the 1st paragraph....sorry-Editing and writing sucks-ASS!

I was a bit brusque there, eh ant?? Ok, maybe I'm just a hater like those people addicted to pharmaceutical drugs and television have told me here.....

Voting for this poll ended in a tie between Personal adhesion to some self-justified formula you've grown to trust and Too much/many/varried a combination of inbriates.

Ok then soooo...drunks and regular people and some guests took part in this poll.....Here's to the un-spoken or counted who could give a fuck....Make room for down-votes.

Oh and I'd like the one person to know, who voted "I hate you..." to know that you have a friend with a safe-house. Coffee, bed or back-down.

*Kill

*murder