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Paul 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 reas
by kick 7y ago
Paul 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.