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> since its only purpose is to potentially hide opinions you disagree with People can certainly use it that way, but I think it's useful for de-emphasizing irr
by xavdid 4y ago
> since its only purpose is to potentially hide opinions you disagree with
People can certainly use it that way, but I think it's useful for de-emphasizing irrelevant or inflammatory comments as well.
- hutzlibu 4y ago"People can certainly use it that way, but I think it's useful for de-emphasizing irrelevant or inflammatory comments as well." This is my problem with it, that is mainly used to hide other opinions. Even flagging gets abused for that. I want to read other opinions, but what I don't want to read are lowe effort crap comments. They can and should be downvoted into nothingness, but downvoting well written out opinions is something I strongly disagree with.
- aitchnyu 4y agoAlso doing my part to discourage inane comments like "awesome".
- the_only_law 4y ago> but I think it's useful for de-emphasizing irrelevant or inflammatory comments as well. Isn’t that what flagging is for?
- fragmede 4y agoyeah but that's an extra click and a page load to get into the comment to flag it, so unless it's particularly egregious I'll usually just downvote and move on with my life. Which I think is the right design.
- pessimizer 4y agoA comment can be thoughtless or shitty but not rulebreaking.