Comment by mrslave
5 years ago
Down-votes should mean "this comment doesn't contribute in good faith," or "this is a distraction".
How something could be well utilized, versus how it is utilized, may be two different things.
5 years ago
Down-votes should mean "this comment doesn't contribute in good faith," or "this is a distraction".
How something could be well utilized, versus how it is utilized, may be two different things.
According to Dang, downvotes on HN are for disagreeing with ideas and opinions.
Interesting.
There's an obvious conflict of interest in reducing another user's karma risks their ability to also downvote. (Of course, just because it's imperfect doesn't mean it's a bad system.) If this is the intended usage then perhaps it would be fair to expand downvoting rights to other users?