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It's also against the HN guidelines.

• theoh 11y ago
  Technically the guidelines only mention complaining about being downvoted. Crowing over upvotes appears to be permitted. Personally I think the ability to anonymously downvote a comment is socially problematic, and it creates a climate in which long-term users (who can downvote) can appear to be more intolerant of dissenting voices than they probably are.
  • coldtea 11y ago
    >Technically the guidelines only mention complaining about being downvoted. Crowing over upvotes appears to be permitted. https://mind-exchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thank-you-technically-correct-man.png https://mind-exchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thank-y...
  • fapjacks 11y ago
    Sort of related, but possibly interesting... I've created a Chrome extension that completely removes all of the voting functionality and point tallies from my interface (except for being able to upvote threads on the main or new posts page). Including removing the lighter-grey of downvoted posts. I noticed long ago that I was allowing myself to be behavior-shaped through comment voting, and saw how it had impacted my own conversation and even thought processes. Had to do away with that as much as I could.
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