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"HN decided they wanted to cancel me." I've never heard of you. What does it mean that "HN decided"? Looking at your comments over the past 14 days, every on
by WalterGR 6y ago
"HN decided they wanted to cancel me."
I've never heard of you. What does it mean that "HN decided"?
Looking at your comments over the past 14 days, every one that's grey can be explained by enough people legitimately disagreeing with you to make them grey.
- themacguffinman 6y agoAFAIK "legitimately disagreeing with you" is not supposed to be a reason to downvote. In practice this clearly happens often anyway, especially in political topics where it's likely harder to distinguish between wrong/misleading/hostile and regular political disagreement.
- WalterGR 6y agoThis comes up a lot. Paul Graham commented that downvoting for disagreement is fine. People sometimes link to the comment but I don’t have it bookmarked. Hopefully it has some nuance, like downvoting someone because their favorite movie isn’t your favorite movie is rude.
- themacguffinman 6y agoOh TIL. I found Paul Graham's comment saying this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
- WalterGR 6y agoThat’s the one!