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So are you people using the downvotes to disagree, or to voice discontent? I wish people would provide more context when an otherwise seemingly logical prompt i

by 0des 5y ago

So are you people using the downvotes to disagree, or to voice discontent? I wish people would provide more context when an otherwise seemingly logical prompt is being greyed out and people like me who -want- to know more, and -want- to hear the counterpoint are just shrugging.

effingwewt 5y ago
That's how it used to be then PG made a post about it and here we are. Flagging for egregious rule-breaking, whatever- but just because someone farmed fake points off the TOP sort, they can go around effectively muting people for sometimes no reason at all. I've often wondered about scraping HN for dead/flagged comments and see how many were actually throughout, insightful comments vs how many were just trollbait/flaming. I just feel it may be a case of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Maybe today will be the day, but shit that's a whole lot of comments to collate, sort and read. Every time I see a grey comment though....