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Comment by dinkumthinkum

12 years ago

I think you're wrong and are just trying up make some claim about Reddit. I don't think it is as simple as "upvoting in agreement is legitimate therefore the converse is true." Down voting as the effect of removing the comment from discussion and is even used to indicate there is something unfair, mean, or what have you. I think what you're talking is more for a site that shows the scores of comments but does not obscure them.

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gruseom  12 years ago

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

  • dinkumthinkum  12 years ago

    Yeah I know you can find pg quotes about this. Does that make it true? If that's the case then you win.

    However, if you want to use reason, it is clearly the case that under this view then the voting and karma is a misnomer and little more than a way to stifle dissent. It's good thing, I think, that most don't hold this view.