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The problem with HN is that it shows comment rating as MAX(-4,commentRating). Some people are not aware of this and downvote the comment further, thinking that
by raquo 16y ago
The problem with HN is that it shows comment rating as MAX(-4,commentRating). Some people are not aware of this and downvote the comment further, thinking that -4 is not good enough punishment for it. If they saw that the abusing comment had already accumulated 40 downvotes, maybe they wouldn't bury it further.
- jrockway 16y agoYeah. This is a really stupid misfeature. If I see one of my own comments at -4, I try to delete it before it does any more damage. It would be nice if the delete button lasted longer; sometimes your comment gets modded up quickly, and then goes down to -a billion. I guess I don't really care though :)