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I seem to recall a rule about "don't downvote something because you disagree with it", but I can't find anything like that. Not sure if that's really solvable
by andai 8mo ago
I seem to recall a rule about "don't downvote something because you disagree with it", but I can't find anything like that.
Not sure if that's really solvable with rules, though.
My experience with downvotes is that people mostly use it as a "I don't like this" button, which is proxy for "I couldn't think of a counterargument so I don't want to look at it."
(I noted recently that downvotes and counterarguments appear to be mutually exclusive, which I found somewhat amusing.)
Whereas I will often upvote things I personally disagree with, if they are interesting or well reasoned. (This seems objectively better to me, of course, but maybe it's personality thing.)
- dang 8mo agoOh that one is a classic case of people 'remembering' a rule that never existed - there's a name for this illusion but I forget what it is. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 and https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%2016131314&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... for history...
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- chrisshroba 8mo ago> 'remembering' a rule that never existed Probably the Mandela effect! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect
- Kye 8mo agoThis was (maybe still is) part of "reddiquette." Like the guidelines and case law here, it often found its way into subreddit rules and comments from moderators.
- dang 8mo agoTo me it's just like how, growing up in Canada, we all assumed we had Miranda rights because we watched American TV.