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That would discourage the demoralising situation where someone gets downvoted but is left guessing why. It encourages replying to bad comments which is already
by pvg 4y ago
That would discourage the demoralising situation where someone gets downvoted but is left guessing why.
It encourages replying to bad comments which is already a bigger problem than the sting of an unexpounded-upon downvote. 'No receipts required for downvotes' makes HN better.
- jzig 4y agoStrongly disagree. Maybe most people don’t receive feedback. But I believe there is at least a minority that does and can be influenced by feedback. Similar to US politics. Edit: Notice how I upvoted you rather than downvoted out of disagreement
- tptacek 4y agoHe doesn't notice that, because votes at the margin are random, and 4 times out of 5 people complaining about voting can just wait and whatever's bothering them will be rectified organically.