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I thought there were rules established: upvote if a post is thought provoking and or informative; downvote if it's factually incorrect or doesn't contribute to
by CN7R 10y ago
I thought there were rules established: upvote if a post is thought provoking and or informative; downvote if it's factually incorrect or doesn't contribute to the conversation.
The forums on the internet should not be solely to affirm your opinions, but also to challenge them and allow growth as an individual.
The problem isn't with politics -- it's with the people misusing the voting system.
- weberc2 10y ago> downvote if it's factually incorrect I would be surprised if this had much of an impact. I've encountered a lot of people even on HN who truly seem to believe their ideology is somehow 'fact'. Those who are sufficiently self-aware in this regard are probably not abusing the downvote button to begin with.
- kps 10y agoThe actual rule emerges from the code: upvote a post you want people to read, downvote a post you want made difficult to read.