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Why is this comment at -1 while another comment with the same content posted a few minutes later is at 18?
by amock 17y ago
Why is this comment at -1 while another comment with the same content posted a few minutes later is at 18?
- wmf 17y agoFrom here it looks like shalmanese posted first.
- quellhorst 17y agoBecause the guy who posted second down-voted the guy who posted first?
- noonespecial 17y agoI've seen this happen a couple of times and wondered about it. This is a particularly good example of it because there are so few comments, its likely that both are visible to most readers. "No" should universally get 0 because it adds as much to the discussion. All I can offer is shalmanese is an old account with much karma and EliRivers is a new account with none. Also the higher scoring one was posted 4-5 minutes earlier.
- nandemo 17y agoUsually "no" adds nothing to the discussion. However, in this context I read it as "Obviously, no. The post author clearly hasn't put much thought on what they wrote, so let's not even bother dissecting it". In a way, it is a constructive comment in the sense that it prevents fruitless discussion. Of course one could just flag the post but that isn't as visible.