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The problem is that one downvote grays a comment, which makes it appear "fishy" and influences readers/voters. Your own comments are never grayed, so I hide the
by anothergoogler 8y ago
The problem is that one downvote grays a comment, which makes it appear "fishy" and influences readers/voters. Your own comments are never grayed, so I hide the point indicators with UBlock (as well as the total in the header) and have no idea when somebody downvotes my thoughts. Also, I upvote any non-trollish gray comment, out of principle.
- nathanaldensr 8y agoI also find myself upvoting gray comments nearly instinctively now. I believe enough in the Hacker News experience that I feel like I can't let the irrational downvotes stand; I will irrationally upvote to at least cancel out one of them.