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Lol you're not even being a jerk about it and this still gets downvoted.
by brvsft 3y ago
Lol you're not even being a jerk about it and this still gets downvoted.
- amelius 3y agoHN doesn't make it very clear whether the downvote button is also a "disagree" button.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI sometimes observe things in the phrasing of comments which might incline some to downvote on the basis of incentivizing a better discussion (if I assume generously of the downvoters’ intentions). The comment stating, “I dunno, how about [Suggestions]?” could instead be “[Suggestions].” and the downvoters’ perspective is that it should be. It’s not necessarily being used as a disagree button in such a case. It’s similar to, “This might be unpopular but ...”; some people will principle-downvote (right or wrong) for what they see as conducive to a bad discussion.
- Shared404 3y agoIIRC, Dang's explicitly stated that the downvote button is ok to use as a disagree button.
- notmypenguin 3y agoHow come you get a downvote button? I’ve never seen one here. This place has an in group, I see… serves me right for typing comments on a VC blog
- defrost 3y agoIt's an age of account | depth of engagement thing. Stay a while longer, get a few more upvotes on your comments (the general key is to add substance), and one day you'll get the option to downvote comments | flag topics / comments, etc.
- Shared404 3y agohttps://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented Downvotes and more are unofficially documented here. Mostly I agree with your take, my assumption is that the karma requirement for downvoting is to help prevent downvote spam, but that's just me making crap up.