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As an aside: down-vote on HN isn't for disagreement. It's should be used when you think a post doesn't add to the discussion. The fact that you are giving an in
by Fargren 14y ago
As an aside: down-vote on HN isn't for disagreement. It's should be used when you think a post doesn't add to the discussion. The fact that you are giving an interesting counterpoint, I think, shows that the post isn't worthy of a down-vote.
- brudgers 14y agoI don't downvote opinions with which I agree, even when they are little but opinion. Yet, even when I have little emotional reaction, I may downvote a post with expressing an opinion with which I disagree when that post contains little but opinion. I suspect most of us are that way to some degree. Downvotes are for moderating behavior. The behaviors intended to be moderated include the person doing the downvoting - e.g. sometimes it is better for the community if I downvote something I disagree with rather than inviting an argument (at best) or a flamewar (at worst). In other words, downvoting can be a better reaction to the emotional component of a disagreement than expressing that emotional component in a response.
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- jamieb 14y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 PG: "I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obviously the uparrows aren't only for applauding politeness, so it seems reasonable that the downarrows aren't only for booing rudeness."
- Fargren 14y agoI stand corrected.
- mindcrime 14y agoIt may be pg's site, and he sets the rules in the technical sense, but I feel like a majority of the users of the site agree with your position, and would discourage people from downvoting simply out of disagreement. The "rules" are one thing, the "culture" may be different. In this case, I think the cultural norm is in favor of not expressing disagreement through downvotes. But that's just me. shrug