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No it's not a good thing. As far as whether HN should prevent this I don't know. I'm inclined to say that yes, there should be protections, but I don't know n
by kgermino 16y ago
No it's not a good thing.
As far as whether HN should prevent this I don't know. I'm inclined to say that yes, there should be protections, but I don't know nearly enough about the issue to say.
Potential Issues:
(1) Maybe your comments were just that bad and you deserved to be downvoted. - I'd say that this is unlikely, and even if it were true than other HNers will undoubtedly step in and downvote each comment individually.
(2) Actually that's all I can think of... Screw it I'm in favor of preventing cascading downvoting
- andrewljohnson 16y agoMaybe people should be limited to X downvotes per minute, in the same way long comment threads are time-limited. Give someone a cool down period between downvotes, to keep the heat of emotion out of it.