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You are mistaken about the "formal criteria" for downvotes on HN. "Don't downvote to disagree" is an official rule on reddit, but not on HN (although a good chu
by detaro 5y ago
You are mistaken about the "formal criteria" for downvotes on HN. "Don't downvote to disagree" is an official rule on reddit, but not on HN (although a good chunk of the community thinks it should be).
- deltaonefour 5y agoI am saying "downvoting to disagree" is not a formal criteria on HN.
- dang 5y agoNot sure what you mean by 'formal' but downvoting for disagreement has always been ok on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314
- deltaonefour 5y agoFormal as in listed on a faq. Not an obscure comment from pg. Generally I assume everyone respects freedom of speech to a reasonable degree with no censorship... and that is the general behavioral criteria I assume of any place in the united states. If that's not the case here maybe you should "formalize" it and make it clear?
- detaro 5y agoBut none of the other things you listed as "correct" use are listed in the guidelines or a FAQ either.
- deltaonefour 5y agoThe other things I listed I stated are "assumptions." Similar to the assumptions I have when traveling to another foreign country. For example, I assume murder is illegal everywhere I go.
- 37 5y agoThanks for the clarification dang! Appreciate it and all you do!
- _nalply 5y agoI have an opinion which is not shared by many people here. When I express this opinion I usually lose a few points. I shrug and think to myself, these points aren't worth my ire.
- deltaonefour 5y agoSome people really think out of the box and their opinions are often censored all the time.