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Ask HN: Do you downvote the comments above yours selfishly?
- ctdonath 13y agoNo. Vote on merit, not position.
- S4M 13y agoSometimes I would downvote a comment that is "average" in my opinion, just because it's on the top and comments that are better but on a lower position would bring a better discussion. If that comment was not the top one, I wouldn't downvote it though. However, I'd never do that to bring my personal comments higher.
- Zenst 13y agoGood question and no, though do not see people confessing yes too that question it would be detectable and maybe it is already, maybe it ain't. But if you do the right thing then it is a moot question, even if interesting.
- elwell 13y agoWould be interesting is there was link on profile page to see all upvotes, and one for all downvotes; also with total counts for each.
- pg 13y agoI've only rarely seen evidence of this. One guy tried it on the most recent "Who's Hiring" thread though.
- T-hawk 13y agoNot on HN. I confess to doing it on Reddit on occasion, when the vote counts are small enough that the single downvote will make the difference on comment order. HN not showing the scores does help discourage it for me.
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- SamReidHughes 13y agoWith the comments I tend to make the most selfish course of action would be to upvote comments below mine.
- sdegutis 13y agoI'm not sure this issue is so black-and-white. For instance, what if someone posts a comment that you agree with but is poorly worded and confusing? Maybe you should downvote it. Or what if someone posts a comment that you strongly disagree with but is very well-stated? You should probably upvote that.
- AznHisoka 13y agoOf course not. It's not like I get any tangible reward if my comments shows up on top anyway.