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It’s weird to see downvotes on this comment. I think it is without question that me traveling to, say, Yellowstone is just fine but not if too many people do s

It’s weird to see downvotes on this comment. I think it is without question that me traveling to, say, Yellowstone is just fine but not if too many people do so each year. The damage done would ruin the place. At a higher level I think the issue is overpopulation combined with ease of travel. We cause too much damage.

Tagbert 3y ago
Question: how do you see downvotes (or any votes) on a comment? I use news.ycombinator.com but all I see is when the downvotes are large enough to gray out the comment. I often see people talking about upvotes and downvotes as though they can see a number. I’m just wondering if I may be “doing it wrong”.
- detaro 3y ago
  You are not doing anything wrong, you can't see points for comments that are not your own.
  - Tagbert 3y ago
    Thanks for the confirmation.
- synetic 3y ago
  When I commented the comment was grayed out. That was the only indication I had that there were downvotes.
  - Tagbert 3y ago
    Ah, thanks.
arp242 3y ago
> It’s weird to see downvotes on this comment. I saw it stand at 0 (i.e. 1 downvote) shortly after I posted it; I don't know if it went lower than that, but probably not. A single person downvoting something shortly after it was posted can make something appear "as if it's downvoted", but more often than not it's just a single person. I wouldn't put too much stock in it.