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I didn't know this for HN, though I'd seen it on Reddit. Thanks for passing this along. On HN, it isn't as much a problem, from my experience, because the dow

I didn't know this for HN, though I'd seen it on Reddit. Thanks for passing this along. On HN, it isn't as much a problem, from my experience, because the downvote button is masked for users with <~500 karma and I haven't seen many false positives. On reddit, I was familiar with the saying -- "downvote isn't disagree button." Though, the current rediquette has removed that language. Compare [1] (old) v. [2] (current). [1] https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette?v=08ebd986-6459-11e2-83d1-12313d182d8d https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette?v=08ebd986-6459-11e2... [2] https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette

stefantalpalaru 11y ago
> On HN, it isn't as much a problem, from my experience, because the downvote button is masked for users with <~500 karma and I haven't seen many false positives. Unfortunately, it is a serious problem. The moment you become a dissonant voice is the moment you're downvoted into unreadability by the choir. Make no mistake, many people here have enough karma points to downvote and they are quick to react.
- arprocter 11y ago
  I can't tell if the fact you got downvoted for this was a joke or not. Too many levels of meta?