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Politically tinged comments seem to get downvoted quite a bit here, similarly to Slashdot and many other forums. I've experienced this myself. In my opinion,
by blisterpeanuts 13y ago
Politically tinged comments seem to get downvoted quite a bit here, similarly to Slashdot and many other forums. I've experienced this myself. In my opinion, downvoting a comment for any reason other than flagrant trolling, personal attacks, or similar content that degrades the dialogue should be considered inappropriate use of the privilege, because it undermines the feature and renders it pointless. On a Slashdot political topic, I have to read at -1 to catch all the points of view.
- jnbiche 13y agoTo be clear, my downvote was very much in the spirit of two of HN's guidelines: Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you. See: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I didn't downvote your comment, but you're pretty clearly flouting the first guideline. If you want to be a productive part of a community, please respect the guidelines of that community. I have no problem with contrarian political remarks, as long as they're presented rationally and refrain from breaking the community's guidelines.