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- hellbanning - downvotes without discourse - no differentiation between a vote for agree/disagree vs bump/vote-down

• kazinator 8y ago
  There is not much of a need to distinguish disagreement downvoting versus bad quality here. In a technical forum, these two are very closely aligned: you disagree with something because it gets the facts wrong. If you disagree with something which is mere opinion, it is in fact legitimate to downvote it on grounds that it is just someone venting their opinion. If you disagree with something technically, and you have all the facts straight, it is legitimate to downvote it based on inaccurate content. So basically, from all angles, disagree-downvoting works fine around here.
  • patagonia 8y ago
    If only. As has been demonstrated in the news recently, not all technical issues are purely technical. Bias in Amazon’s AI hiring tool. Election results being impacted by Facebook’s algorithms. If someone downvotes on grounds that it is someone just venting (a fairly charged term in my opinion) their opinion... - downvoting without discourse I see no reason a downvote shouldn’t require accompanying rationale. If provided it would indeed make a agree / bump distinction superfluous. Looks like my points 2 & 3 should have had an “or” involved.