One of the things I used to love the most about HN was that comments weren't downvoted simply due to disagreement, unlike Reddit where any opinion against the h

One of the things I used to love the most about HN was that comments weren't downvoted simply due to disagreement, unlike Reddit where any opinion against the hivemind gets downvoted to oblivian. Making it acceptable to downvote based merely on differences in opinion lowers the quality of discussion, promotes groupthink, and makes people not want to waste time putting any actual effort into writing comments.