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I tried to correct that with some upvotes. :) Unfortunately HN (and other sites, not unique to this one) doesn't have a way to enforce distinctions between dow
by mkramlich 16y ago
I tried to correct that with some upvotes. :)
Unfortunately HN (and other sites, not unique to this one) doesn't have a way to enforce distinctions between down-voting due to:
1. respectful disagreement
2. writer is crackpot
3. writer is troll
4. voter himself is being juvenile
5. typo
6. cosmic rays
7. cat sat on keyboard
Actually maybe there's a startup idea in there: deliver a product/service/tech that DOES enable reliable disambiguation between those cases!
- rwl 16y agoHeh, I was about to say that Slashdot already does something like this, but I am pretty sure they aren't covering cases 6 and 7. Cosmic rays and keyboard cats...now there's a startup problem I can sink my teeth into. Thanks. :)