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Well, I did not intent to vote that post, but now I upvoted it just to undo your mistake.
by bookwormAT 10y ago
Well, I did not intent to vote that post, but now I upvoted it just to undo your mistake.
- therein 10y agoHe agreed with him so I just upvoted his post to give him back the upvote he meant.
- Koshkin 10y agoI have always found it surprising that someone may honestly think that upvoting and downvoting can be used to express agreement or disagreement. If you strongly agree or disagree, just reply with a post of your own; up/downvoting is there so you could express your opinion on the quality of the post rather than whether you think that what it is saying is true or false.
- tsuraan 10y agoPaul Graham, who started HN, is one of those people: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 . Generally, HN strongly discourages "me too" or "i agree" type comments. We prefer to just upvote comments in order to keep discussion threads interesting and on-topic.
- ENGNR 10y agoIt's pretty much upvote to agree, downvote if it doesn't contribute. Of course the next highest child is then always the next most agreed upon counter argument since they should reply instead of downvote, which can make HN feel a bit contrary but full of good discourse
- TelmoMenezes 10y agoIsn't that the recipe for an echo chamber?
- dminor 10y agoReplying to a comment removes your vote on it, so you've given an extra upvote :)