YSK: this community is mainly for facts or guides. What you’ve posted is an opinion.

I kind of agree. If you thought the post was important enough to comment on, you should usually upvote.

Looking at it the other way, when I post something, I tend to feverishly upvote any comments it gets, even negative ones, because I want to reward engagement.

If you want your community to stay healthy, then voting on posts simply means one thing: This post is a good fit for this community.

You don't have to like it or agree with it, that's not the point. This is to improve the service for your fellow community members, as they will then become more likely to see posts that fit, and less likely to see ones that do not. They can then decide for themselves if they like or do not like the actual contents.

Voting on comments is another story, and is much more up to user discretion and the community culture. Vote however you like on comments.

Also, be aware, downvoting a post into oblivion does not make less people see it, it makes more people see it. We all love checking the downvote bombed posts from time to time, sometimes they can get downright hilarious, in a sad sort of way.

Agree!

(Upvoted)

I agree with the sentiment. And, tbf, half the top voted reddit comments were hardly worthwhile. Quirky one liners, where the thoughtful comments, or thoughtful posts even, only got a handful of votes and a "I'm not reading all that"

I disagree. I use my votes to show that something is interesting (this topic - despite my disagreement - is an interesting one).

I upvote content I wish other people to see. I download content I wish to be seen less by others.

Whether I comment or not is not relevant... though if I don't like something, I prefer not to give it the traffic.

How about people upvote if they feel like it? Not sure why this is a YSK when it’s just one persons opinion.

That is a common courtesy -- at the same "line of thought" of "don't touch fire, or else it will hurt you."

How are posts moved up the main page or top or hot? Is it based off upvotes, or boosts? I don't even know the difference.

I disagree. Voting is low-effort participation. Leaving a comment is much higher effort. I prefer the latter.