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You should either participate in a discussion OR flag it as inappropriate, because the second you agree to engage, you believe the conversation has some merit o

You should either participate in a discussion OR flag it as inappropriate, because the second you agree to engage, you believe the conversation has some merit on this forum. Edit: I can't reply to you for some reason, but I didn't downvote you. However, saying "downvote" instead of just doing it, and then flaunting your karma score and elevating yourself to the position of de-facto moderator seems much like saying "here is MY political opinion, and now I will work to shut down any further discussion on the subject."

davidw 12y ago
If no one mentions that something is inappropriate, the site will gradually migrate towards politics, because the number of people interested in that is vastly superior to the number interested in "HN" topics. Also: I don't really care about your downvotes, because I've accumulated more than enough of this otherwise useless 'karma' that I'm happy to spend in order to make HN better by keeping politics and 'outrage stories' off of it.