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Perhaps. And also allow a brigade to suppress opinions they don't like.
by AlbertCory 3y ago
Perhaps. And also allow a brigade to suppress opinions they don't like.
- kortilla 3y agoYoutube dislikes didn’t go into a combined score. So there was no suppression. As a viewer it was an extra signal.
- AlbertCory 3y agosorry, I meant HN here
- pessimizer 3y agoOn HN you can showdead, so it doesn't matter. You can still read even flagkilled stuff. It allows us to review the moderation and decide if we approve of it. There's even a vouching mechanism, which is absurdly parliamentary for web 2.0. edit: there are even mods running around saving stories that they think were unfairly judged.
- phailhaus 3y agoAnd upvotes allow a brigade to push their own narrative over others. Both can be "abused", but both are necessary for a healthy community. In fact, without downvotes, it's way easier for a brigade to control the narrative of a platform.