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> This is actually fascinating and a pretty fascinating view point. Thanks for this response. The score on my comment above is oscillating around '0' - I wonde

> This is actually fascinating and a pretty fascinating view point. Thanks for this response. The score on my comment above is oscillating around '0' - I wonder how many votes it's actually gotten. I have lots of anecdotes; only a few have made it into blog posts. Maybe one day I'll mine my notes for a book. A group of three men on a business trip were going to a strip club. One of them had just gotten divorced, iirc. The newly-divorced man didn't actually want to go, but his compatriots insisted. A few passengers invited me to come into their strip clubs with them. I found those to be rather depressing experiences. My theory is that normal human males have an "imagination" that allows them to "fantasize" about getting with their dancer. My imagination is disabled ("aphantasia" [0]), so I choose to spend my own money on other activities. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

gammateam 8y ago
> Thanks for this response. The score on my comment above is oscillating around '0' - I wonder how many votes it's actually gotten. There is a habit where people require you to vilify or express a clearer polarizing opinion about a topic before they determine if you are an acceptable person to listen to, or not. Its more like a disclaimer they look for. If you don't do it, or "forget" to mention how much you don't agree with something, then people will discard everything you have to say. I don't like the habit. Downvotes are effectively censorship, which I would be somewhat okay with if it came from the company itself (hackernews), because then people could disagree with how the company operates, but currently the downvote censorship comes from a mixture of the communities and administrators
- taxicabjesus 8y ago
  > There is a habit where people require you to vilify or express a clearer polarizing opinion about a topic before they determine if you are an acceptable person to listen to, or not. Hmm... I think you're saying that people don't like to consider nuance if they already have a strong opinion? > Downvotes are effectively censorship, I don't mind downvotes much, as they help me figure out what people care about. HN downvotes would be much more meaningful if I knew how many total votes a comment received. For example, my original comment is currently at "2 points", but it was at -1 earlier today, which indicates at least 5 people thought it worth voting on (2 down, 3 up). If I knew that 99 people actually voted on that comment, I'd probably develop the line of thinking some more. Thanks for your feedback.

gammateam 8y ago

> Thanks for this response. The score on my comment above is oscillating around '0' - I wonder how many votes it's actually gotten. There is a habit where people require you to vilify or express a clearer polarizing opinion about a topic before they determine if you are an acceptable person to listen to, or not. Its more like a disclaimer they look for. If you don't do it, or "forget" to mention how much you don't agree with something, then people will discard everything you have to say. I don't like the habit. Downvotes are effectively censorship, which I would be somewhat okay with if it came from the company itself (hackernews), because then people could disagree with how the company operates, but currently the downvote censorship comes from a mixture of the communities and administrators

taxicabjesus 8y ago
> There is a habit where people require you to vilify or express a clearer polarizing opinion about a topic before they determine if you are an acceptable person to listen to, or not. Hmm... I think you're saying that people don't like to consider nuance if they already have a strong opinion? > Downvotes are effectively censorship, I don't mind downvotes much, as they help me figure out what people care about. HN downvotes would be much more meaningful if I knew how many total votes a comment received. For example, my original comment is currently at "2 points", but it was at -1 earlier today, which indicates at least 5 people thought it worth voting on (2 down, 3 up). If I knew that 99 people actually voted on that comment, I'd probably develop the line of thinking some more. Thanks for your feedback.