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What bothers me more is the greying out on the very first downvote (assuming no upvotes). Perhaps it should go grey after 3 downvotes at least.
by bbcbasic 10y ago
What bothers me more is the greying out on the very first downvote (assuming no upvotes). Perhaps it should go grey after 3 downvotes at least.
- Mz 10y agoNope. They used to show the karma score next to the comment. Greying out is a signal to people that you were downvoted and can result in corrective upvotes. Showing the karma score promoted nasty back-and-forths that would get the moderator dragged into it as people tried to score more points. So that isn't something the mods want on this forum. But not having any way to tell comments with a positive score from those with a negative would also be problematic. I understand the frustration and the desire for some kind of constructive feedback. But as someone who does, at times, give people my opinion of what went wrong with their comment, more often than not, it doesn't help them and just comes back to bite me. Downvotes on HN are kind of like democracy: The worst system ever -- except for all the others.