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> It's against the HN guidelines to go on about getting downvoted. Please don't. Technically it's not, it's discouraged, direct quote: > Resist complaining ab
by mkal_tsr 12y ago
> It's against the HN guidelines to go on about getting downvoted. Please don't.
Technically it's not, it's discouraged, direct quote:
> Resist complaining about being downmodded.
I have no qualms with downvotes, but I do have issue with people not explaining their rational for either up or downvotes. By simply downvoting/upvoting and moving on, discussion and debate cannot occur and no one can have their opinion challenged.
- lotharbot 12y agoThere are an order of magnitude more votes than comments on HN. Asking people to supply a comment with every vote would quickly degrade the signal, overwhelming it with noisy "I agree" or "you're wrong"s. People occasionally explain downvotes. They are not obligated to.
- read 12y agoGood observation. Why aren't they obligated to? You don't have to ask people to supply a comment for every upvote. But you can ask them for downvotes. There are an order of magnitude less downvotes than upvotes.