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Down-voting for disagreement vs objection is one of the issues at play. Previously, we were encouraged to down-vote for disagreement but as the masses came, th
by aaronblohowiak 17y ago
Down-voting for disagreement vs objection is one of the issues at play. Previously, we were encouraged to down-vote for disagreement but as the masses came, the use of down-voting as a punishment less harsh than flagging started to become more common.
- qw 17y agoThere's more discussion about this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1006725 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1006725