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> It's being abused. Downvoting on HN doesn’t go lower than -4. If it’s used as a method of censorship, and you care about internet points, then you practicall
by Aeolun 1y ago
> It's being abused.
Downvoting on HN doesn’t go lower than -4. If it’s used as a method of censorship, and you care about internet points, then you practically have to post nothing else useful to make it work.
- j_maffe 1y agoYes but it hides the comment for most users. This is of course besides the flagging abuse which outright delists websites.
- close04 1y agoDownvoting moves the comment down the reply tree and greys it out making it harder to read. Flagging comments completely hides them from many users, especially when logged in. And flagging submissions sends them to oblivion. So these methods are definitely used to suppress topics or opinions, for better or worse. But when it comes to genocide it's obvious that those committing it also have the power to abuse every mechanism available to suppress information and discussions condemning it.