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Kind of ridiculous that someone downvoted this. Aren't downvotes supposed to suggest that the comment detracted from the conversation? In what way am I detracti
by willhinsa 11y ago
Kind of ridiculous that someone downvoted this. Aren't downvotes supposed to suggest that the comment detracted from the conversation? In what way am I detracting from the discussion? Disagreeing isn't a reason to downvote.
- icebraining 11y agoDisagreeing isn't a reason to downvote. Why not? There's no rule on HN against it, and the founder of HN thinks it's ok, since upvotes are used to indicate agreement.
- DanBC 11y agoIgnore individual downvotes. They're often mistakes, or people in bad moods, or etc. They usually get corrected, although as you've seen not enough people provide corrective upvotes. Downvote for disagreement has a bit of history on HN. PG has said gently conflicting things: Downvoting to disagree is a problem that needs action: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057347 Downvoting to disagree is fine if people are also upvoting to agree: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 Worry about excessive downvotes is a long term problem on HN. Here's a post from seven years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=214398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=214398