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why worry? I mean seriously chances are your comment will be upvoted. And if for some stupid reason it gets downvoted, you are only out 8 karma points at most.

by vaksel 17y ago

why worry? I mean seriously chances are your comment will be upvoted. And if for some stupid reason it gets downvoted, you are only out 8 karma points at most. Hardly something that'll ruin you or your overall karma score...and its not like Karma even does anything, it affects nothing, so even if you get downvoted, you shouldn't really care.

russell 17y ago
I came to the same conclusion. I downvote only if the comment is offensive. If it is wrong or I disagree (and I care) I add my own comment. Downvoting by itself adds nothing to the discussion. I think the current system works remarkably well and I dont feel the need for changes. I fear clutter more.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
  I agree that the current system is reasonably good, but how and why it works is cultural. That means that as HN gets more popular it will work less and less well. I'm frequently mystified by why a comment gets down-mud, and wish desperately that there were a simple mechanism for people to tell me why. I have no complaint, I accept that someone feels the comment should be down-mud, but I'd like to learn why they feel like that, and what it is they think I got wrong. Maybe I'll disagree, but at least I can learn from it.
  - sho 17y ago
    "down-mud"?
    - RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
      Yes. + Thunk is the past tense of think, + lunk is the past tense of link (I lunk to that page) + cluck is the past tense of click (I cluck that link) ... and "down-mud" is the past tense of "down-mod".
  - russell 17y ago
    I admit curiosity too. Sometimes it's obvious. One-liners dont fare too well, alas. Other times it's a poorly reasoned argument. That's usually apparent when someone below points out the errors of my ways. I think down modding because of a differing opinion is a bit rude. When I dont like someone's opinion, I upmod someone else.

by vaksel 17y ago

russell 17y ago

I came to the same conclusion. I downvote only if the comment is offensive. If it is wrong or I disagree (and I care) I add my own comment. Downvoting by itself adds nothing to the discussion. I think the current system works remarkably well and I dont feel the need for changes. I fear clutter more.

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
I agree that the current system is reasonably good, but how and why it works is cultural. That means that as HN gets more popular it will work less and less well. I'm frequently mystified by why a comment gets down-mud, and wish desperately that there were a simple mechanism for people to tell me why. I have no complaint, I accept that someone feels the comment should be down-mud, but I'd like to learn why they feel like that, and what it is they think I got wrong. Maybe I'll disagree, but at least I can learn from it.
- sho 17y ago
  "down-mud"?
  - RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
    Yes. + Thunk is the past tense of think, + lunk is the past tense of link (I lunk to that page) + cluck is the past tense of click (I cluck that link) ... and "down-mud" is the past tense of "down-mod".
- russell 17y ago
  I admit curiosity too. Sometimes it's obvious. One-liners dont fare too well, alas. Other times it's a poorly reasoned argument. That's usually apparent when someone below points out the errors of my ways. I think down modding because of a differing opinion is a bit rude. When I dont like someone's opinion, I upmod someone else.