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Upvotes mark value Downvotes mark lack of value Downvotes should be far more rare than upvotes

• pygy 17y ago
  Four legs good, two legs bad. If you simplify too much you're at risk of losing the original intent.
• jodrellblank 17y ago
  I downvote more than upvote because it's easier to pick on one or two comments to downvote than tens to upvote.
• frossie 17y ago
  My internal version: Upvotes mark signal Donwnvotes mark noise That said, I do think I have a non-linear response. If I see a comment at -1 which I think has genuine signal I upvote it, even if I completely disagree with the point made. However if the same comment is at +10 I will not upvote it if I don't agree with it. I am more worried about the duplicates though, I wish there was an easier way to figure out you are submitting a duplicate story besides conducting a prior search. Something like "Thank you for your submission, here are some stories from HN with the same keywords in the last few months, are you sure you want to go ahead?" would be nice.
• quizbiz 17y ago
  We perceive what we agree with to be of higher value. Confirmation bias.