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Not sure why you're downvoted, it's a valid question (the downvote isn't an "I disagree" button). I believe the answer the Puter author came up with is that the

Not sure why you're downvoted, it's a valid question (the downvote isn't an "I disagree" button). I believe the answer the Puter author came up with is that the VDOM takes away too much of the control from the author. They do make life easier but they have an abstraction cost (mental overhead) and in case of some of them performance issues (execution overhead).

zarathustreal 3y ago
> the downvote isn’t an “I disagree” button Take it from a guy that regularly posts unpopular truths: people vote based on the way they feel after reading. It has almost nothing to do with the content. Edit: for example, try posting a personal opinion about a controversial topic and you’ll still have people downvoting to disagree as if it’s possible to tell someone that they are in fact wrong about a statement of what their opinion on a topic is. It’s a bit sad if you think about what voting like that means, as content is often amplified or suppressed based on votes. Echo chambers seem inevitable
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  Hello! Would you like to post any opinion at all, or in any possible way mention anything about, the humanitarian situation in Gaza?
  - sam_goody 3y ago
    There is a flag button as well as the downvote. Throwing in something about Gaza here would be off topic, political, and against HN guidelines.
  - zarathustreal 3y ago
    I try to minimize posting (edit: and having) opinions most of the time, they don’t tend to generate interesting discussion (edit: and are highly limited by perspective). Kinda hard to come to a conclusion when the assertions all boil down to “this is my experience”
sam_goody 3y ago
> the downvote isn't an "I disagree" button Would that it were so. HN has a down/up pair, which is definitely used to express agreement and disagreement. IMO, HN would gain a lot by allowing for more flexibility in down votes - eg. being like SO that a downvote is only a quarter of a vote.

zarathustreal 3y ago

> the downvote isn’t an “I disagree” button Take it from a guy that regularly posts unpopular truths: people vote based on the way they feel after reading. It has almost nothing to do with the content. Edit: for example, try posting a personal opinion about a controversial topic and you’ll still have people downvoting to disagree as if it’s possible to tell someone that they are in fact wrong about a statement of what their opinion on a topic is. It’s a bit sad if you think about what voting like that means, as content is often amplified or suppressed based on votes. Echo chambers seem inevitable

isoprophlex 3y ago
Hello! Would you like to post any opinion at all, or in any possible way mention anything about, the humanitarian situation in Gaza?
- sam_goody 3y ago
  There is a flag button as well as the downvote. Throwing in something about Gaza here would be off topic, political, and against HN guidelines.
- zarathustreal 3y ago
  I try to minimize posting (edit: and having) opinions most of the time, they don’t tend to generate interesting discussion (edit: and are highly limited by perspective). Kinda hard to come to a conclusion when the assertions all boil down to “this is my experience”

sam_goody 3y ago

> the downvote isn't an "I disagree" button Would that it were so. HN has a down/up pair, which is definitely used to express agreement and disagreement. IMO, HN would gain a lot by allowing for more flexibility in down votes - eg. being like SO that a downvote is only a quarter of a vote.