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this is how voting works tho

• meowface 8y ago
  In practice, but not on paper. HN guidelines forbid that sort of voting behavior.
  • grzm 8y ago
    There is no guideline on HN forbidding down voting for disagreement. 'dang as recently as a month ago reiterated this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17666145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17666145
    • meowface 8y ago
      Ah sorry, not sure where I got that idea from, then. I may've been confused by various subreddit mods establishing rules along the lines of "the downvote is not a disagree button".
      • dang 8y ago
        Yup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16574021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16574021