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Thanks for the honest question! >including this post that accounts for a third or more of your karma now (Holy crow! Thank you everyone!) Clearly I don't car

by 37 5y ago

Thanks for the honest question! >including this post that accounts for a third or more of your karma now (Holy crow! Thank you everyone!) Clearly I don't care that much, which is why it took me 10 years to ask the question... I know it's just internet points, etc etc. I guess when I see someone saying something that I absolutely know is objectively wrong, I would like to show my disapproval without sitting down and actually fleshing out a response. I'm not the best at putting my thoughts into keystrokes (this little response took me a good 30 minutes to write). Also (sidenote) I don't love how I had to scroll through a bunch of comments to find this response, or even to know that you responded to me. I wish there was some "notification" or something that let me know that you cared enough to take the time to reply to my comment.

rognjen 5y ago
> I would like to show my disapproval without sitting down and actually fleshing out a response. I think this is exactly the reason why there is a limit. That downvote wouldn't contribute to the discussion whereas your fleshed out response would. Also, if I recall correctly, when you downvote you're supposed to explain why. And ofc up and down votes should indicate contributions to discussion. Meaning that if something is incorrect or you don't agree with it, doesn't necessarily mean that it should be downvoted.
sbarre 5y ago
> I guess when I see someone saying something that I absolutely know is objectively wrong, I would like to show my disapproval without sitting down and actually fleshing out a response. I mean no disrespect in this follow-up question, but given how little you've participated in this community's discourse, do you still feel like you've earned that anonymous and concrete voice of disapproval? I mean "concrete" here in that a downvote can actually help bury/remove a comment, and so you have actual power to influence this community when you have that ability. Edit: to your "note" about finding replies, if go to your profile, you can view a list of all your comments, along with replies to them. It's not great but it's easier than scrolling a whole comments section. You can also use something like "HN Enhancement Suite", a browser plugin that improves the overall UI of Hacker News (although I think you said you mostly browse on a phone so that won't help you there).
369548684892826 5y ago
Probably the best (only?) option for reply notification is that there's an RSS feed of all replies to a user, like this: https://hnrss.org/replies?id=37 https://hnrss.org/replies?id=37

by 37 5y ago

rognjen 5y ago

> I would like to show my disapproval without sitting down and actually fleshing out a response. I think this is exactly the reason why there is a limit. That downvote wouldn't contribute to the discussion whereas your fleshed out response would. Also, if I recall correctly, when you downvote you're supposed to explain why. And ofc up and down votes should indicate contributions to discussion. Meaning that if something is incorrect or you don't agree with it, doesn't necessarily mean that it should be downvoted.

sbarre 5y ago

> I guess when I see someone saying something that I absolutely know is objectively wrong, I would like to show my disapproval without sitting down and actually fleshing out a response. I mean no disrespect in this follow-up question, but given how little you've participated in this community's discourse, do you still feel like you've earned that anonymous and concrete voice of disapproval? I mean "concrete" here in that a downvote can actually help bury/remove a comment, and so you have actual power to influence this community when you have that ability. Edit: to your "note" about finding replies, if go to your profile, you can view a list of all your comments, along with replies to them. It's not great but it's easier than scrolling a whole comments section. You can also use something like "HN Enhancement Suite", a browser plugin that improves the overall UI of Hacker News (although I think you said you mostly browse on a phone so that won't help you there).

369548684892826 5y ago

Probably the best (only?) option for reply notification is that there's an RSS feed of all replies to a user, like this: https://hnrss.org/replies?id=37 https://hnrss.org/replies?id=37