Solution:
as @robsteady mentioned here, there is a +/- button that only appears on hovering over the hidden replies, so it's still possible to show the voting icons and make actions.
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If accidentally down-voted a reply (not a top post), it will be hidden, so unable to see the content, nor change vote.
What if there is a bot down-voting every reply in first time?
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An example: in this post @liondani wrote that author perhaps made a fake account , then it got down-voted by the author. Fortunately someone else up-voted that again (which I think is not done on steemit.com), so it re-appeared.
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For those who wants to up-vote a hidden comment, a work-around right now, is go to the author's Posts page, it's still possible to up-vote there.
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And worse, other replies to the hidden reply get hidden as well.
You can change the default setting from 'trending' to 'new'. This should sort comments by timestamp instead of by weighted votes.
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if im not mistaken you can change your vote right?
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Right, by click the icon again.
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so what's the problem?
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For example, I made a comment and someone corrected me. My comment was downvoted and disappeared, taking the reply with it before I got a chance to read the comment and understand why I was wrong. So if someone else downvotes the comment, it can't be made available again.
EDIT: Either I'm an idiot (I am) or the design of the website isn't as clear as it could be. I didn't realize there is a +/- button that only appears on hovering over it. When a comment is voted down low enough, it defaults to collapsed like Reddit. I have the feeling the design of having it hidden until hovered over will confuse more than just me.
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edit: yeah I thought you guys might have missed that and I can totally see why. I just happened to notice it by chance probably. It should be made more clear.
aah, i thought it was about downvoting it accidentally yourself. but then you just upvote it?
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Thanks for the update, I haven't noticed the +/- button as well
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It's possible to change your vote only if the 'up-vote' icon is still there.. currently it's not. Sorry I didn't make it clearer in last post.
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can you elaborate? Do you mean when it's hidden, you can't change your vote?
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@syadastinasti scroll down to the bottom of this page, you'll see an example -- at least it's there when I'm writing this reply, if not, you can try to make a new reply and down-vote it by yourself.
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OP updated. Solution on the top. Thanks to @robsteady.
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that's how the cookie crumbles. In reddit it's (I think) 5 downvotes total by default to hide a comment
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