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Years back down-votes were rare on HN. It was relatively easy to infer why a comment was down-voted. Now you mostly can't tell, just wonder why.
by jonsen 11y ago
Years back down-votes were rare on HN. It was relatively easy to infer why a comment was down-voted. Now you mostly can't tell, just wonder why.
- anu_gupta 11y agoLooking at the greyed out comments on this post, I think it's fairly obvious why they've been downvoted.
- DanBC 11y agoNo they weren't. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1057275 Brushfire says, 1946 days ago: > I agree - Thanks for acknowledging it. > I've seen a lot more down voting of well-reasoned comments and arguments just because of disagreement, and I've seen a lot more snide, unhelpful, almost belligerent comments across the board. > I cant speak for others, but its good to know you are working on it, as I dont want to find another place.
- jonsen 11y agoI remember that. I've been here longer. It has been a long down-slope.