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People on HN are way too keen to downvoting. Down votes should be used to filter out bad/thoughtless comments, not viewpoints that don't necessarily agree with
by codabrink 15y ago
People on HN are way too keen to downvoting. Down votes should be used to filter out bad/thoughtless comments, not viewpoints that don't necessarily agree with yours. I've seen a lot of valuable input grayed out on this site.
- steventruong 15y agoI agree except bad/thoughtless can be subjective.
- mentat 15y agoWhat's wrong with people making subjective judgments about the work of others in a community they share? You have to have a certain level of karma to down vote, which means (theoretically) you have to have done things that created sufficient value for at least some people and hopefully learned about what the existing group values.
- steventruong 15y agoGetting total karma count isn't difficult. People whose been around long enough will eventually accummulate the number needed if they interact in any way at all