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> 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 peop

> 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.