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It’s too easy to get enough upvotes to be able to downvote anything you want. Downvoting prevents others from seeing a comment and there are no safeguards to e
by Razengan 6y ago
It’s too easy to get enough upvotes to be able to downvote anything you want.
Downvoting prevents others from seeing a comment and there are no safeguards to ensure that facts don’t get buried by bandwagons.
HN clearly means to control downvoting because it requires a minimum karma, but it’s no longer effective. Perhaps also limit the number of upvotes an account can dole out and a comment can receive...