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The guidelines don't say that. They say you should flag "egregious" comments. Down voting comments you disagree with is absolutely the wrong way to engage in a
by pault 8y ago
The guidelines don't say that. They say you should flag "egregious" comments. Down voting comments you disagree with is absolutely the wrong way to engage in a thread. Down vote incorrect information; if you disagree you should have something to say.
- detaro 8y agoDown voting for disagreement is not banned by the rules (unlike on reddit) and described as acceptable by the site founder and moderators. (even if not all users agree on this) What's explicitly banned is complaining about downvotes and saying HN is turning into reddit.
- pault 8y agoI was responding to marak830's claim that the guidelines say you should downvote comments you disagree with. You can look at the guidelines; it's not there. The rest is my opinion. I believe that downvoting comments that you disagree with is a terrible policy since you end up with an echo chamber where anyone with a contrary opinion gets their comment moved to the bottom of the thread and grayed out. If someone says something you disagree with, the appropriate response is to engage them in a dialog and figure out why they believe what they do, not downvote them.