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> The downvote here is supposed to mean not that someone disagrees with you, but that you aren’t following the guidelines, seem to be arguing in poor faith, etc
by non-entity 6y ago
> The downvote here is supposed to mean not that someone disagrees with you, but that you aren’t following the guidelines, seem to be arguing in poor faith, etc.
Yeah you would think this, but there was an Ask HN thread maybe a month or two ago asking why people downvote and disagreement in opinion was a surprisingly popular justification.
- mplanchard 6y agoSure, people will often use it that way. I think this is one of the reasons they cap downvotes for a given comment, so the “pile-on” effect doesn’t hurt your overall point total too badly.