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I would say it may depend on the person, at least in my case I say whatever I think and believe without caring if I get downvoted or not, of course if you care
by LoneWolf 11y ago
I would say it may depend on the person, at least in my case I say whatever I think and believe without caring if I get downvoted or not, of course if you care a lot about that little number in the upper right corner then yes it is more likely that you hold your opinion back to avoid see it lower.
Still I would say most people do not care about it.
- ainiriand 11y agoWhen that number allows access to certain features or capabilities that you want, then it becomes important.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoWhat features are those? As far as I know all you get are: * upvotes at 15 or so * downvotes at 500 * maybe flagging comes in somewhere? If it's the former, 15 points is a pretty low bar to meet (and I say this as someone who has posted their share of heterodox opinions, and outright shitposts). If it's the latter, aren't you being a little hypocritical in wanting those, given that you posted this thread?
- ainiriand 11y agoWell, I think that trying to get there (500) is going to take a big amount of politically correct comments. I don't know how much the people in HN want that utility, but conflicting with someone can garantee you a quite few downvotes.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoHave you considered trying to make good solid technical posts about any of a variety of topics.
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