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No! That is part of why HN is great: you can say something and get corrected with a few downvotes. I'm all for correctional downvotes even if I get them myself
by reitanqild 10y ago
No! That is part of why HN is great: you can say something and get corrected with a few downvotes.
I'm all for correctional downvotes even if I get them myself sometimes.
Your proposal however will is likely to encourage unnecessary cowardice and political correctness from old accounts and a landslide of throwaways.
- overcast 10y agoThere is a difference between political correctness, and just acting like an asshole. You can state your mind, without blatantly saying something just to get a rise out of everyone else. That's called a debate, not an argument. Throwaways wouldn't get anywhere, because their status needs to be earned through time, and peer review.
- reitanqild 10y ago> You can state your mind, without blatantly saying something just to get a rise out of everyone else. Aha, as long as you are talking about repeat real trolls. (No, I don't share the admiration that some parts of HN seems to have for the old trolls :-)