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its great to see comments that dont contribute anything useful get downvoted -- it keeps the signal:noise raio high. but lately im seeing comments downvoted se
by modzu 8y ago
its great to see comments that dont contribute anything useful get downvoted -- it keeps the signal:noise raio high.
but lately im seeing comments downvoted seemingly because users just dont agree with the author or their point of view. thats not helpful. meaningful discussion and debate must embrace alternative points of view. please dont downvote to censor.
- Clubber 8y agoYa it's been happing here for a while now. I just stay away from politicized discussion on issues where people have already made up their mind and are repulsed by contrary opinions. Unfortunately that's a lot of topics. If it's an important issue to me, I'll still state my opinion, downvotes be damned.
- cbHXBY1D 8y agoI think we should just go back to the old rules of no flagrant political submissions. I think it's been proven time-and-time again that HN can't handle politics. It just turns in to low-effort garbage.