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I agree, the Karma and voting here are harsh. It's really hard to get upvotes, especially on sensitive topics.

• djent 10y ago
  For reference, my grandparent post's karma comprises almost 8% of the total karma on my 1200 day old account.
• alimw 10y ago
  > It's really hard to get upvotes, especially on sensitive topics. It's kinda crazy what people here are "sensitive" about! For example, today I have managed to offend Hacker News by questioning the universality of maths. It's a subject on which I am rather qualified to have an opinion, but since it does not match others' I got downvoted. That's just a recipe for homogeneity.
  • lewisl9029 10y ago
    This is honestly my biggest issue with HN as well. The community has a tendency to downvote well-reasoned, substantive posts simply to express disagreement. I think this is poisonous behavior that will eventually turn HN into yet another echo chamber if left unchecked. I think downvotes should be removed entirely. Either flag a post for being off-topic, inappropriate or adding nothing of substance to the discussion, or reply with a counter argument to express disagreement to well-written posts that deserve it. The ability to silence opinions different to your own with minimal effort can only hurt the quality of discussion here, in my opinion.
    • monk_e_boy 10y ago
      Slashdots different types of karma were great: Insightful, Informative, Interesting, Funny... you could add Agree, Disagree and a few others.