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Upvoting/downvoting should, at least in theory, prevent that from happening.
by philippnagel 11y ago
Upvoting/downvoting should, at least in theory, prevent that from happening.
- brudgers 11y agoThe best form of moderation is not encouraging behavior that requires moderation. Downvotes are a form of community feedback but not really a moderation tool. For example, in cases where I am in doubt about the benefit of something to HN, my threshold for downvoting is much larger than my threshold for upvoting: I am more likely to upvote when "it might be useful" than to downvote a "might not be useful" because there is a person's karma at the other end of the arrow.
- ed_blackburn 11y agoAbsolutely. Apply judgement.
- aw3c2 11y agoThere is no downvoting at HN