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I share my feelings all the time on HN. And I get a roller coaster of up and down votes... Never stop sharing your feelings, otherwise what's the point of a com
by keyle 7y ago
I share my feelings all the time on HN. And I get a roller coaster of up and down votes... Never stop sharing your feelings, otherwise what's the point of a community.
I think you should always be encouraged to share your point of view, whether I agree or not (in this case I do), and only get downvoted if you're just flat out spreading misinformation. I often upvote opinions I don't agree to on the basis that they make their case in a valid way.
- wizardforhire 7y agoI second this and will add that often, our value in these discussions come from our dissenting opinions as result of our experience. Rather than shying from, we should be embracing and encouraging our diversity of opinions as a community. Or as a wise sage once said to me... “fuck your eggshells” which for me has been a very handy approach... balanced with compassion and patience of course.
- saalweachter 7y agoWhat's the point of collecting HN karma if you're not going to spend it occasionally voicing unpopular opinions and making cheap sarcastic replies?
- flukus 7y agoWell there's the dopamine hit for getting likes. Likes are probably the most destructive drug in society.
- mrhappyunhappy 7y agoHere, have a hit on me buddy.
- ASalazarMX 7y agoIt's not the likes people like, it's the pseudo social acceptance. Being downvoted would be like social rejection, a hit to your reputation. As much as I would love to downvote some Facebook posts, I think they did well at allowing only positive reinforcement. If you don't care, you just don't interact. If someone managed to find a solution to destructive comments everywhere, that would be awesome.
- inamberclad 7y agoThere's no point since you'll be downvoted to the abyssal plane and nobody will see your comment.
- enriquto 7y ago> There's no point since you'll be downvoted to the abyssal plane and nobody will see your comment. We are quite a bunch of people who start reading the comment threads from below!
- briantakita 7y agoSometimes it's a badge of honor to get a bunch of downvotes. It's validation that a "sacred cow" has been cooked into tasty burgers.
- mythrwy 7y agoThe fun part is when those you have disagreed with other threads follow you about to downvote unrelated comments. I expect they feel that they are on a crusade of righteousness of some sort.
- ScottBurson 7y agoSorry, had to upvote this!
- enraged_camel 7y ago
- aldoushuxley001 7y agoIt’s always worth it, but at this rate I’m never gonna get to that vaunted 500 HN karma so I can express my disagreement on comments too (I.e. downvoting)
- undersuit 7y agoSee, you think 500 karma is something to aim for but then you get it and you can't downvote half the comments you want to because that person has 2000 karma.
- zaroth 7y agoIs that actually a thing?
- spacemanmatt 7y agoi only have like 1200 and i can dv anything
- dTal 7y agoI don't think that's how it works. You can't downvote replies to your posts, and you can't downvote a post over 24 hours old.
- hoseja 7y agoDang will come and politely stomp on your neck.
- fit2rule 7y ago"Are we in dang-erous?" 'Yeah baby, you bet we are DANGEROUS!` EDIT: If you have too many scrawny kids on your lawn, get out the hose or get a new lawn. Also, GROW YOUR OWN!