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If an upvote is for agreement, does downvoting for disagreement not make sense? Or are upvotes meant for something else?
by circuit10 3y ago
If an upvote is for agreement, does downvoting for disagreement not make sense? Or are upvotes meant for something else?
- tomrod 3y agoThere needs to be a separate mechanism for disagreement versus quality (affecting ranking). Both of these should be separate from flagging for moderation.
- munch117 3y agoThere is. Replying. If there already is a disagreeing reply, you can upvote that. Downvoting a constructive and well-written post just because you disagree is not justified.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoI downvoted it because it just leads to 2/3s of the thread being an off topic flame-war. Also like others have said, upvotes are not for agreeing. They are for rewarding higher quality discussion, on topic discussion, etc.
- rmbyrro 3y agoI think it's clear in my comment that I do not agree. I start with that upfront. I upvoted only to counter what I think are unfair downvotes.
- rmbyrro 3y agoI upvoted to counter what I think it's an unfair downvote. I wouldn't upvote if people were not unfairly downvoting. This person has the right to express here and to have their expression viewed by others. If too many people downvote, they're denied this right.
- rmbyrro 3y agoI don't know if that's what you're implying, but I didn't suggest voting for agreement or even that I upvoted because I agree. My comment starts with a disagreement, actually. I said I upvoted because I think it's a fair expression that does not deserve to be buried. Downvotes can bury someone else's comment.
- TheGeminon 3y agoUpvotes are meant to signify productive conversation, not necessarily that you agree with it.
- JodieBenitez 3y agofrom the guidelines: Users should vote and comment when they run across something they personally find interesting Also: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Well... sorry then :-) And final: Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.
- circuit10 3y ago> It never does any good I do feel like it can help to break the herd mentality thing of "if it's already downvoted, downvote it more" by making people think about why they've done it
- istjohn 3y agoI don't particularly care what the venture capitalists who own this website want me to do. Nor is it surprising that they don't want politics here. Political consciousness can only be bad news for the uber-wealthy.