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I agree, downvoting is a bad idea across the board for silencing people that are not in the majority group-think. You don't even have to have a reason to down v
by trinsic2 3y ago
I agree, downvoting is a bad idea across the board for silencing people that are not in the majority group-think. You don't even have to have a reason to down vote someone.
- Philadelphia 3y agoDo you think Hacker News should get rid of downvoting?
- trinsic2 3y agoIm not sure, it doesnt seem as bad on hacker news. I agree its really bad on reddit though.
- mr_gibbins 3y agoWhat I find interesting is that on HN, downvoting doesn't seem to have a negative impact, not as much as Reddit anyway. And I wonder if that's because folks who use HN really care about HN - I do - and make a good-faith, concerted effort to contribute in a positive way, with moderators who will enforce rules, but will not remove posts they disagree with (Reddit), or mandate arbitrary and inconsistent standards (Reddit).