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> Waaaaay back in the day, I did like how Slashdot had different categories for voting, e.g. "Insightful", "Funny", "Off topic", etc. Even that got abused, as
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
> Waaaaay back in the day, I did like how Slashdot had different categories for voting, e.g. "Insightful", "Funny", "Off topic", etc.
Even that got abused, as comments people didn't like would be modded off-topic or troll.
- tezgon 3y agoIt may just be a natural internet behavior to suppress that which you disagree with.
- lostlogin 3y agoIf you remove the word ‘internet’ you’re right in track.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoI'd like to see a site that punishes people for downvoting for the wrong reason.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoHonestly we don't need downvoting at all. Just upvoting to allow good stuff to rise, and flagging for hate speech and illegal stuff.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoCan't disagree with this enough. Twitter exists, and it sucks. Every site that only allows upvoting becomes a segregated cesspool as different factions just cheerlead in their own tribal zones.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoTwitter sucks for other reasons, not because they disallow downvoting.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoPlease, pray tell, how would you even determine if something was "for the wrong reason".
- nerdbert 3y agoSlashdot had metamoderation, where you were asked whether various anonymized votes/tags were valid or not.
- revskill 3y agoThe same applied for "upvote"