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> It's okay to have comments that are not in support with the original post That's not really the problem, top comments very often contain counterpoints to the
by spindritf 15y ago
> It's okay to have comments that are not in support with the original post
That's not really the problem, top comments very often contain counterpoints to the submission. It's deeper in the comments where you can easily slip into the light grey even with pretty uncontroversial posts citing scientific sources but I think that's just caused by a low number of votes in general for those comments, not particularly "unthoughtful" downvoting.
Oh, and it's apparently OK to use up/downvoting to express dis/agreement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
- anthonyb 15y agoI typically downvote where someone appears to be failing to think deeply enough about the topic, or if they haven't read the article or the parent comment properly. In a sense, it's because I'm disagreeing with them, but it's a bit different to "You suck! <downvote>"
- furyofantares 15y agoI really don't understand the view that it's OK to use downvoting to express disagreement. I think that what a downvote says, regardless of what's intended, is "I do not want to see this type of post anymore." This makes sense if someone is misbehaving. I think it also makes sense for very extreme opinions. But for simple disagreement? Just because I disagree with you does not mean I want you to stop expressing your viewpoint.