3 ms·
"Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?" Probably I can answer that :) I noticed that when one of my
by option_greek 9y ago
"Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?"
Probably I can answer that :) I noticed that when one of my posts get down voted even when having a neutral comment, it swings back to positive fast when touching -1 or -2. I guess that the gray comment takes a while for HN'ers to notice as down voted. And when they find that there is nothing wrong with it or they actually like it, many people simultaneously click the upvote swinging it back wildly to positive zone. It is HN's own version of 'universe making right what it deems as correct' :D
- pc86 9y agoThat is probably it. I sometimes underestimate just how many people are looking at any given thread simultaneously.
- bluetwo 9y agoI think we need to clarify what a down vote is... My assumption was it was to flag something mean or off topic. Now People seem to use it to say "I disagree with your opinion but am too lazy to express my own".
- j_s 9y agoAsk HN: Why has the downvoting timelimit been reduced? | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 (Aug 2016) TL;DR: I think it would be a big mistake to [...] outlaw downvoting for disagreement - dang (HN mod)
- dhimes 9y agoYeah pg agrees with that. In the early days downvoting for disagreement was discouraged among the heavier users, but things change.
- rdiddly 9y ago"Defensive upvoting," you might call it. I've certainly done it. I've also seen many of my own comments go up and down quite a lot as the upvoters & downvoters battle it out. (Eventually they tend to settle on a solid "meh.")