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> It's an HN norm. I'm aware this is how the majority of HN members use the down-vote feature, but the first time I've seen it presented as working-as-intended
by doktrin 13y ago
> It's an HN norm.
I'm aware this is how the majority of HN members use the down-vote feature, but the first time I've seen it presented as working-as-intended.
The fact that you're saying this makes me think we need more formal guidelines on the proper use of this feature. More often than not I see it claimed that down-voting should be an expression of "adds value" vs. "does not add value".
If I had to choose, I'd pick the latter.
- dang 13y ago"adds value" vs. "does not add value" Actually, that may not be a bad way of putting it. Comments that are blatantly false do not add value. Comments that get something wrong, but are otherwise high-quality, still add value. So this distinction may capture the nuance we want here. Let's think about it.