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Why is it that every time a political link is posted on here, it gets up-modded like crazy, while at the same time collecting dozens of comments full of meta-di
by nkohari 18y ago
Why is it that every time a political link is posted on here, it gets up-modded like crazy, while at the same time collecting dozens of comments full of meta-discussion about what types of links should and should not be on HN? Seems to me that if you don't like a link, you should just not up-mod it, and certainly not waste your own time by commenting.
- Harkins 18y agoBecause ignoring them doesn't work. If you don't fight to keep things on-topic, you'll just end up with another Reddit in a few months.
- hugh 18y agoAgreed. Without a downmod arrow, bitching about upmodding is part of the system. The idea is that if every political article degenerates into a bunch of people bitching that political articles shouldn't be posted, then eventually people will learn not to post political articles.
- DougBTX 18y agoTrue. Even with a down arrow, it's not helped Reddit (helped == make me want to read the front page), hopefully the bitching is more effective.
- icey 18y agoSay 100 people really liked it, and 1,000 people did not. Well, you'd have an article that had 100 upmods and far more comments inside saying that the article sucked and should not have been upmodded.