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You post a story. It gets voted up. It gets voted down. The site is never out of step with its users' interests, because it can't be. So simple, and yet somebo
by hyperbovine 15y ago
You post a story. It gets voted up. It gets voted down. The site is never out of step with its users' interests, because it can't be.
So simple, and yet somebody is always there to complain about what should or should not be.
Why?
- nandemo 15y agoI don't think stories can get voted down (at least for me no down-arrow is displayed). In any case, I disagree with the "the people have spoken" argument. It boils down to "if you don't like it, then leave". It should be the other way round: if you want to discuss this, then use another forum. HN has a certain purpose, even if it's not completely well-defined. It follows that there are stories that should be deemed off-topic, regardless of whether a large minority votes them up. I'm not talking about the on-topic-ness of this particular story (though I'd say it's off-topic even though I am a fan of Hitchens), but trying to defend the notion that it's fine to complain about highly upvoted off-topic stories. PS: a related comment of mine in a recent thread on Stackoverflow: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3357506 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3357506
- pohl 15y agoFlagging is just voting-down in drag.