> We have an Overton window here on HN. It's enforced through downvoting. Indeed. > I would very much like to see downvoting eliminated, or at least modified

> We have an Overton window here on HN. It's enforced through downvoting. Indeed. > I would very much like to see downvoting eliminated, or at least modified so that a small number of upvotes can counteract it. No way. It was mostly like that not that long ago and the site was terrible. Filled with pseudo-spam and no criticism was possible. The problem is humans don't have good manners. We are full of biases and try to do anything to advance whatever ideas we favor at the moment. Downvoting criticism is one of them.