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Ask HN: Separate Up and Down Vote Count
I've been noticing an increasing trend on my comments where the "score" oscillates rapidly up and down by a few points with a slight upward trend over time. From observing it, it looks like the comment is getting 100s of ratings but might only have a net score of 20.
A post with 20 ratings and a score of 20 probably signals something different than a post with 1000 ratings and a score of 20. One signals that fewer people were interested in the comment but those people were generally supportive of it while the other signals many people were interested in the comment but they were split in their opinions of it.
It would be cool to see these numbers for comments!
- quickthrower2 4y agoA post can only be upvoted by the way. If it is really bad people may flag it though and it may get removed. I think it would be cool to see it for comments but it could be a bit too distracting as well. The idea to not be obsessed with number of upvotes. Not showing comment upvotes beyond 4 might be a good idea in that regard.
- satvikpendem 4y agoPosts can be downvoted, if you have enough karma. This ensures that only people who have sufficiently interacted with HN (and therefore, hopefully, soundness of mind) to downvote only when off-topic, rather than on Reddit which is more for disagreement.
- the_only_law 4y agoWhat the threshold? I have more “karma” than you and can only downvote comments, not posts > which is more for disagreement. That’s exactly what it is here. Paul Graham even said downvoting for disagreement is fine.
- satvikpendem 4y agoAh I read the parent comment incorrectly, replace posts with comments. I'm not if anyone can downvote posts either.