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The drive by downvoting is out of control. I wish they changed it from a threshold of 500 to a threshold of 500 and you’re only allowed to downvote accounts tha
by malandrew 7y ago
The drive by downvoting is out of control. I wish they changed it from a threshold of 500 to a threshold of 500 and you’re only allowed to downvote accounts that came after you until you get to like 2000 points or something like that.
Basically we need a mechanism to mitigate the impact of eternal September. There are too many new people with downvote ability changing the culture here for the worse. What’s insane is the number of times I see people downvoted for simply asking for sources/citations/references/ evidence/etc.
- DanBC 7y agoI agree that downvoting feels like it's got a lot worse. People claim that pg said it's not a problem. But he has said that it needed to be addressed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403716 The problem isn't just downvoting, it's also that not enough people are upvoting reasonable-but-gray comments.
- nitrogen 7y agoThe problem isn't just downvoting, it's also that not enough people are upvoting reasonable-but-gray comments. FWIW this is the majority of my upvoting, and I'd encourage others to do the same.