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This makes me think twice about upvoting dying comments that I think are constructive but just happen to go against popular consensus. I have a lot of karma an

This makes me think twice about upvoting dying comments that I think are constructive but just happen to go against popular consensus. I have a lot of karma and an account over a decade old. So I probably have nothing to worry about. But is agreeing with comments killed by down vote really a red flag?

dang 4y ago
Your account's fine and the posts you've been upvoting (I took a quick look) seem fine. What we're really trying to avoid is garden-variety flamewar. > is agreeing with comments killed by down vote really a red flag? On the contrary, that's a good contribution and we hope everyone will do it when good comments (that don't break the site guideline) have been unfairly downvoted. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=corrective%20upvote https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... p.s. It's always the good users who worry about these things!
- MacsHeadroom 4y ago
  Okay, I replied before you edited your comment to add the bit about what constitutes a "bad" comment. I definitely don't upvote those comments. :) Thanks, dang.
  - dang 4y ago
    Sorry - I'm a compulsive self-editor and I have to see the post in 'reality' before I can tell what's wrong with it. I have the delay setting in my profile set to 1 minute but more is not practical.
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      > Sorry - I'm a compulsive self-editor and I have to see the post in 'reality' before I can tell what's wrong with it. I have the exact same thing. I check a comment three times, it looks fine. Hit 'reply', the page refreshes and I spot a whole raft of things that are wrong with it. Very frustrating. Maybe a 'preview' button would help?
      - dang 4y ago
        The 'delay' setting is there for this (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) - not sure if that suits you or not. Everyone seems to have a slightly different way of working.

dang 4y ago

Your account's fine and the posts you've been upvoting (I took a quick look) seem fine. What we're really trying to avoid is garden-variety flamewar. > is agreeing with comments killed by down vote really a red flag? On the contrary, that's a good contribution and we hope everyone will do it when good comments (that don't break the site guideline) have been unfairly downvoted. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=corrective%20upvote https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... p.s. It's always the good users who worry about these things!

MacsHeadroom 4y ago
Okay, I replied before you edited your comment to add the bit about what constitutes a "bad" comment. I definitely don't upvote those comments. :) Thanks, dang.
- dang 4y ago
  Sorry - I'm a compulsive self-editor and I have to see the post in 'reality' before I can tell what's wrong with it. I have the delay setting in my profile set to 1 minute but more is not practical.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    > Sorry - I'm a compulsive self-editor and I have to see the post in 'reality' before I can tell what's wrong with it. I have the exact same thing. I check a comment three times, it looks fine. Hit 'reply', the page refreshes and I spot a whole raft of things that are wrong with it. Very frustrating. Maybe a 'preview' button would help?
    - dang 4y ago
      The 'delay' setting is there for this (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) - not sure if that suits you or not. Everyone seems to have a slightly different way of working.