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I've noticed that any time a debate of this sort comes up, and someone states a strong view supporting either side, the other side will start downvoting them. T
by tangled_zans 11y ago
I've noticed that any time a debate of this sort comes up, and someone states a strong view supporting either side, the other side will start downvoting them. That's usually counteracted by their own side upvoting them back up.
It happens to everyone, so it annoys me when I see people complaining about it in every HN thread that has divided opinions on some social justice movement or whatever.
There's no "Please explain why you've chosen to up/down vote" pop up on HN, so no one really owes anyone an explanation for it either. That's just how things are.
- reitanqild 11y agoGood, now that everything seems to have calmed down just think how it would have felt if instead of a celebrity feminist taking offense at pycon there was a conservative Christian that made reported two developers ultimately causing them to lose their jobs. Would that be different?
- tangled_zans 11y agoHow about we take it a step forward and say "woman caused two developers to be fired"? Or even better. "A person at a tech conference caused two developers to be fired". That way we can judge the situation within its own context, rather than letting our own affiliations or views bias us.