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What's with all the downvotes? He simply states his reasoning, and after a mea culpa later on, makes the change people ask for (un-flag the story). Disagreeing
by BrandonMarc 13y ago
What's with all the downvotes? He simply states his reasoning, and after a mea culpa later on, makes the change people ask for (un-flag the story). Disagreeing is one thing (and isn't that what comments & conversation is for?), but voting the comment down seems petty.
- saraid216 13y agoDownvotes are considered a legitimate expression of disagreement on HN. This is pg-level policy.
- sergiosgc 13y agoAnd the result is that important information is now silenced. The comment is now greyed out. Disagreement should not lead to silencing.
- saraid216 13y agoThat's dramatizing it a bit much. The text is still there. If you're interested in reading it, you can. I regularly highlight grayed out text to see what it says, but I also read YouTube comments for fun. If you feel the grayed-out text is too blatant, then ask for a feature where you can use Javascript to toggle downvoted comments for visibility.