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I thought the down arrow was supposed to be used to indicate that a post is of low quality or that it doesn't conform to guidelines, not to express disagreement
by lhorie 6y ago
I thought the down arrow was supposed to be used to indicate that a post is of low quality or that it doesn't conform to guidelines, not to express disagreement; and that disagreement was meant to be expressed by posting arguments
- jolmg 6y agoEveryone votes by their own rules. There's no official guidelines on how to use the voting buttons.
- politician 6y agoYour comment inspired me to submit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25636267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25636267
- afpx 6y agoIt seems more common these days to use it on HN to express disagreement. That wasn't the case years ago. I suspect it has to do with the reddit / youtube generation becoming adults. Polite disagreement seems to be on the way out.
- lhorie 6y agoThat theory makes sense, though it's unfortunate, IMHO. Personally, I'd prefer for comments to rank higher based on quality (irrespective of which way they lean) than hivemind inclinations. Seek well-roundedness and all that.
- r00fus 6y agoIf I suspect something is flamebait (ie, responses are not discussion I think belongs on HN as it's redundant/religious/reactive) and the content's value doesn't exceed that flamebait characteristic, I'll downvote. ie, I downvote things that I feel have an aggregate S/N degradation multiplier. I kinda miss /.'s moderation qualifiers.
- dazc 6y agoPolite disagreement will often result in downvotes for oneself though. I think this is the problem?
- rootusrootus 6y agoWith all due respect, as someone who has been participating in online communities since the days of FidoNet, I don't think people have really changed. There's just more people, which itself drives up the opportunity for disagreement. And some of the most disagreeable people on my social media are old farts, too :)