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> 1. Lack of down-vote means vocal minorities are disproportionately represented. Allow downvotes for submissions. > 2. Votes on comments are used to express
by RivieraKid 12y ago
> 1. Lack of down-vote means vocal minorities are disproportionately represented.
Allow downvotes for submissions.
> 2. Votes on comments are used to express agreement or disagreement rather than value, perhaps because many people simply cannot see the difference between the two.
Downvoter has to write a short explanation of the downvote. He's warned that admins can ban people who downvote just because they disagree.
> 5. It's a time suck.
Make the site faster, it's really slow.
- RivieraKid 12y agoReason for the downvote?
- mkesper 12y agoMake the site faster, it's really slow. That doesn't avoid procrastinating. Besides, HN is fast, many linked sites are slow and bloated...
- danielweber 12y agoSeveral times a week I find HN takes 10-20 seconds to load. (This leads to paranoia about slow-banning or hell-banning.)
- danielweber 12y agoI heard the Old Ones say that, before my time, there used to be a downvote button, but it went away because the tribalism led to, e.g., non-Apple stories being voted off the front page. I rarely hit the upvote button because it feels broken to me without a downvote. Maybe a handful of articles a week. Flag maybe once or twice a week. Although I liberally use the upvote buttons in comments.