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Smart^ people don't get banned on Reddit they just get downvoted. People come to HN comments to have a constructive debate, so they are less likely to downvote
by zarzavat 1y ago
Smart^ people don't get banned on Reddit they just get downvoted.
People come to HN comments to have a constructive debate, so they are less likely to downvote for disagreement. I often upvote comments I disagree with if the point is well made.
People come to Reddit to have their beliefs confirmed. The subreddit structure reduces mixing between users with different beliefs, and where that mixing does occur, e.g. on the large subreddits, it tends to turn into a downvote battle.
^ It's not really about intelligence but openness to new ideas. You can have one without the other.
- cylemons 1y agodoes HN even have a downvote button?
- dragonwriter 1y agoFor comments, yes, for stories, only flag but not downvote. But both flag and downvote are karma-gated (I think the threshold is 500 for both, but I could be wrong.)
- CRConrad 1y agoYes, but only for comments. And it's limited not only by karma, but time: It's only available for a rather short time after a comment was posted. Dunno how long exactly, but feels like something between... 12 and 24 hours?