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by npizzolato
3877 days ago
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> Many users will use these buttons to express agreement or disagreement, even though that is explicitly wrong as defined by the owners of the site. Interestingly enough, downvoting to express disagreement is not against the hacker news guidelines[1]. A few subreddits I visit pop up a message right next to the comment when you downvote it, saying you should only do so when it does not contribute to the discussion. I think that's a pretty good solution for educating users about the intended purpose of downvoting. I also think HN's idea of only letting older users downvote is a healthy idea. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html |
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