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It is absolutely the case that I have chosen to not offer a comment for fear of protecting my precious internet points. I'm not sure that this the way a health
by uberman 6y ago
It is absolutely the case that I have chosen to not offer a comment for fear of protecting my precious internet points.
I'm not sure that this the way a healthy discussion should work. I feel that people with opposing views should be allowed to conduct civil debate without either side being vote-bombed for wrong-think.
It seems really odd that one could lose privileges to participate in this forum for having posted a civil yet unpopular (with some faction) comment. Particularly when the same comment offered as a new post would (could?) not result in the same punishment. Unless of course posts can also be downvoted and I just lack the rep to see that option.
- shadowgovt 6y agoDoes it help to remember the points are made up and have no value?
- uberman 6y agoI realize that the points are rather arbitrary, but they can have value particularly for newer users and user who may not have contributed much. For example, the ability to downvote happens at around 500-ish rep, so users in that point range might potentially see their privileges come and go based on comment down and up votes. While users with more than 4k rep like yourself might never see a change in permissions. In the end, I accept the rules and workings of this site and gladly participate. Without focusing on point hoarding (as you say that becomes arbitrary and ultimately meaningless), I think that potentially removing someones privileges with respect to this site should they fall in a critical point range and comment something about OSS that a vocal group on this site disagrees with seems wrong to me. I think Hacker News participation and the community should be able to have a healthy debate/exchange on tech issues without needing to worry about "points" in any capacity.