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by Shish2k 3905 days ago
I mean HN the community rather than HN the website (As in, every time I've seen a meta-discussion about the HN voting system, something along those lines has been mentioned; though I guess that's more "culture" than "policy")
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dang 3905 days ago
That view isn't HN's culture. Yes it always gets mentioned, but so does the opposite view. The community is divided.

To the extent that HN itself has a policy it was set years ago by pg saying that downvoting for disagreement is ok.

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Shish2k 3905 days ago
> pg saying that downvoting for disagreement is ok.

I'm surprised I've not heard that before; but either way, I guess I stand thoroughly corrected, and will know better in future. Thank you for replying to explain my error and not just downvoting :)

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striking 3905 days ago
People have asked for discussion rather than down votes when they know a point they've written is controversial. But that's for very few posts.
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