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You should probably ignore downvotes until at least -2. It could be just one random idiot and it doesn't mean anything.
by xlnt 18y ago
You should probably ignore downvotes until at least -2. It could be just one random idiot and it doesn't mean anything.
- rory096 18y agoHis first comment is now -19 and his other two were -3 before I came in here. Why all the pile-on downvoting for no real reason, people? Are those comments really worth -19?
- gaika 18y agoIt is called karma bombing and it just proves the point. Compare it to the solution where there's a recommendation system that helps everybody involved: the ones downvoting the posts will form one cluster, the ones upvoting them will be in another. People that like stories like that will see more, people that do not will be spared from them.
- xlnt 18y agoMaybe it shouldn't be possible to vote anything below -5. edit: i posted this in feature requests thread
- greendestiny 18y agoIt's a community response to your suggestion that we should leave Hacker News and go to Jaanix because of the evils of downvoting. Downvoting is communication, it's really not a fault of the system if you find it too painful to hear.
- gaika 18y agoMy communication skills must be terrible, but I'm not asking anybody to leave. Hacker News is great, but it covers only small subset of all the news out there.
- swombat 18y agoFunnily enough, I (and I guess many people here) am only interested in a small subset of "all the news out there". More is less.
- greendestiny 18y agoPointing out what you (and others) see as a problem with this news site, and suggest it as a reason to go to your news site, only makes sense if you don't see them as independent.
- natch 18y agoAbout your proposed solution of "clusters": Getting people to explore outside of their comfort zone, and letting them encounter ideas that challenge their faith-based views, is actually a good thing. Insular clusters do sound "safe" but I would not assume that is a net positive.