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I assume that Jeff has changed his mind on this because Discourse does not have down-votes (with the caveat that Discourse has a different audience from HN). I
by deeg 6y ago
I assume that Jeff has changed his mind on this because Discourse does not have down-votes (with the caveat that Discourse has a different audience from HN). I wonder what made the difference?
- uniqueid 6y agoHe and Joel had this bullet-proof theory that, since quality answers are more valuable on SO than questions, the site should encourage users to criticize their peers. So what presumably happened is that he noticed that philosophy, sound as it may be on paper, created a miserable atmosphere.