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by jedsmith
5555 days ago
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Great point, but I wasn't aware that there are "usual, legitimate" reasons for downvoting, and that these are well-known enough that you can call them the usual reasons. Seems like everybody just uses their best judgment. That said, I didn't downvote him, I simply didn't vote. I don't feel a need to vote on everything, and that extends to downvoting. |
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Yup, there are. Here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
(A clear deviation of the guidelines deserves a downvote, a clear compliance does not. Like any law, there is a grey area in between requiring some amount of judgement. But these guidelines still stand to ground the discussion around what is/isn't a "usual, legitimate" reason for downvoting.)