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shoutedDown != disagreed
by edw519 6y ago
shoutedDown != disagreed
- fallingfrog 6y agoExplain. In what way? Edit: I tried to just post that I think I understand where you’re coming from: people disagreeing but without giving actual reasons. Which is toxic. And guess what: I got “you’re posting too fast”. Thanks for enabling real discussions by nonconformists, hacker news!
- edw519 6y agoSomewhere between DH3 and DH4 here: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html
- fallingfrog 6y agoIf you’re the one with the unpopular opinion, even if it is correct, then you will always find yourself being the one “shouted down”. But if you never find yourself shouted down, perhaps you are less nonconformist than you think? You can’t be both nonconformist and also never shouted down. It’s a contradiction.
- hedberg10 6y agoThe reddit trap. Upvotes are supposed to be given for a good reply, even if it's against your opinion, not a reply that you happen to agree with. Same with downvotes. Never happens, thus censorious fence sittery.
- fallingfrog 6y agoGood insight! I have probably been guilty of this same behavior. But the upvotes/downvotes system kind of encourages this behavior. I’m trying to think of a better system but it’s a hard problem..