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The downvotes on a comment like this reminds me of my days in university... downvotes are for unhelpful or incorrect content, not silencing people you don’t agr
by haloux 8y ago
The downvotes on a comment like this reminds me of my days in university... downvotes are for unhelpful or incorrect content, not silencing people you don’t agree with.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't break the guidelines by going on about downvoting. When you see an unfairly downvoted comment, simply give it a corrective upvote and move on. Other users will typically do so too, correcting the problem, but comments like this one linger on as noise. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It's a common mistake to think otherwise, but downvoting for disagreement has always been ok on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314