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>Edit: downvoted as expected proving my point... I will never understand how some people become more confident in their ideas the more other people disagree wi
by slg 7y ago
>Edit: downvoted as expected proving my point...
I will never understand how some people become more confident in their ideas the more other people disagree with them.
- arminiusreturns 7y agoThe downvote button isn't for disagreement ffs!
- kick 7y agoPaul Graham: I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obviously the uparrows aren't only for applauding politeness, so it seems reasonable that the downarrows aren't only for booing rudeness. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI stand corrected...
- OnlineGladiator 7y agoIt's also just human nature. People will upvote what they like and downvote what they dislike, and for some that just means downvoting whoever disagrees with them.
- vonmoltke 7y agoFor what it's worth, I think PG is completely wrong on this. The site was designed, via progressive lightening, to censor downvoted posts. His statement is essentially permission to censor dissent and doesn't make for a healthy conversation.
- Gibbon1 7y agoHoovering up and aggregating commentary from those that actually produce content and then imposing a censorship regime on it is the point of HN.
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- rainyMammoth 7y agoAh yes, forgot that we need to fall in line with the majority as soon as a disagreement is voiced. This is exactly how you get echo chambers.
- slg 7y agoI am not in any way implying people need to fall in line or avoid disagreement. I am more commenting on how my mind works. When someone tells me I am wrong, my first instincts are self-doubt and/or questioning why someone would think about the topic differently. I don't get or fundamentally understand the reaction of other people disagreeing with me leading to me being more confident in my initial opinion.