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Ask HN: What would you share with HN without risk of being downvoted?
What would you share with hacker news community that normally you're afraid of due to the "risk" of being downvoted?
All readers -- please make this thread DOWNVOTES-FREE :)
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago"Losing imaginary points on an internet forum" is just about the least consequential outcome of expressing opinions.
- ferrari8608 11y agoHere, downvoting is a means of censorship. It's not about the points but rather about being seen even when disagreed with.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoThere's a difference between 'being censored' and 'being shouted down'.
- ferrari8608 11y agoI'm not familiar with the latter phrase.
- ferrari8608 11y agoI have many unpopular opinions. It's probably most of them, really. So I typically just stick to the facts relevant to my own interests or move on to something else. Seems like that's getting harder to do here lately with all of the PC crap people keep upvoting.
- dragonwriter 11y agoNothing that I don't already share: imaginary internet points can be useful feedback about how other people feel, but aren't something I'm afraid of losing.
- meric 11y agoMy opinions used to be unpopular and down voted often, but in the past half year or so, that's no longer the case.
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