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> 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
by 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 agoHello! 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 agoThere 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 agoI 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”