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HN seems to be really facts-averse some days. Seems you're getting the same treatment.
by Zikes 10y ago
HN seems to be really facts-averse some days. Seems you're getting the same treatment.
- agentgt 10y agoIt is called groupthink. Screw diversity of opinion or facts. Down voting is an awful mechanism. I don't mind upvotes or flags but downvoting should go IMO. The fascination/love of nostalgia is so rampant these days. Apparently screw progress. South Park really nailed it on the head this season [1] [2]. "'member the 1984 Mac OS" -- Member berries [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_Berries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_Berries [2]: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=member%20berries http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=member%20berr...
- vacri 10y agoNet downmodding = groupthink, but net upmodding = diverse and factual?
- agentgt 10y ago> Net downmodding = groupthink, but net upmodding = diverse and factual? I didn't make those explicit equations nor is it that black and white. It is far more complicated. If you want more of a "net" it is we have a HN culture that prefers pressing the downvote instead of offering a simply comment as to why the previous comment is incorrect or why they politely disagree. Like I have honestly no idea why the parent*5 was downvoted. If the downvote is content filtering I could understand that (ie downvote because other comments are more relevant/correct) but the problem is that it is called karma and you can downvote 1 point comments. If it was fairly positive comment (ie lets say more than 1 point) and it lost points I think that would be better. Still it is crappy mechanism for content filtering. Some people honestly think they are doing service downvoting comments. I guess I don't agree. As for the groupthink I meant it less for downvoting and more for the love of nostalgia. I probably could have done a better job explaining.