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I 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://

by DanBC 7y ago

I 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 ago
The 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.