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To play devil's advocate, in an arena where all comments are ordered by votes, the unpopular opinion would simply be downvoted to oblivion and not seen anyway.
by adav 9y ago
To play devil's advocate, in an arena where all comments are ordered by votes, the unpopular opinion would simply be downvoted to oblivion and not seen anyway. Why would someone with a contentious opinion go to the bother?
- qwerty456127 9y agoMany (not the majority but still many) people scroll straight to the bottom to see what happens to be there after reading the top comments and also quick-read the comments in the middle (as there actually are many valuable comments on HN). Anyway, hesitating to say something is not always the best idea, maybe it ought to be said aloud while everybody hesitates.
- knowThySelfx 9y agoIndeed. I had the same thoughts in mind.