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It's because those who agree rarely bother to upvote, while those who disagree downvote often. It's the same in real world: disagreement in form of protests is
by akomtu 5y ago
It's because those who agree rarely bother to upvote, while those who disagree downvote often. It's the same in real world: disagreement in form of protests is loud and visible, while even massive support is quiet.
One fix HN could make is to take into account the number of readers before hiding a comment: 4 downvotes is big when there are only 10 readers, but it's nothing when there's a million.
- maverick-iceman 5y agoThat's the best idea I read on how to solve this problem, which sadly means it won't be implemented.... :P For the record I did upvote you!
- FpUser 5y agoIn my opinion this voting system on public sites is bad idea. Simply showing number of upvotes / downvotes is sort of ok. Making downvoted posts loose visibility is the most fucked up implementation I think. It makes for heavy self censoring which in theory should be against the very idea of HN. Personally I sometimes upvote posts and had never downvoted a single one disregarding how much I do not like it. I know this one will be downvoted as well but I have better things to enjoy in life vs winning a pop contest on social media.