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This post being downvoted into oblivion is what irks me about the hacker news community. It’s not enough to disagree, you have to silence the dissenter by grayi
by sbussard 6y ago
This post being downvoted into oblivion is what irks me about the hacker news community. It’s not enough to disagree, you have to silence the dissenter by graying out their comments. That’s real democratic
- Karsteski 6y agoYea I agree with you. I heavily disagree with the commenter's opinion but I will never down vote on this site, simply because it suppresses a person's comment and that's not what I want. Although the app that I use (Harmonic) shows all comments the same, which is nice :)
- Jetrel 6y agoI wasn't a participant, but ... it definitely hurts that, like, I haven't the faintest friggin clue how HN's whole voting system works - in fact I'm not even sure where the downvote button is. There's a minus [-] next to them, but that seems to toggle viewing the subthread on and off. "Surely that's not the downvote button." I just assume I don't have access until I have some sort of hidden karma value that's high enough. A few tooltips would work wonders, and I believe can still be done with the nice, cleanly-simple html style they've gone for.
- sbussard 6y agoIt comes with a certain level of karma. One must conclude that those with the most karma are the most sensitive to opposing opinions. I’m a bit jaded by the intolerance of the “community” (read echo chamber).