[Illniyar]

I don't see upvotes as being a form of agreement. I often upvotes things I have no knowledge about and sometimes even things I don't agree with that I think would be interesting to hear more about from the HN community.

It an interesting topic for many HNers and such seems appropriate that it'll get on to the front page.

That being said, downvoting dissenting comments in the thread are extremely problematic. And is a common theme in HN. Which I think stems from the implicit assumption by many people that upvoting a comment or item means agreeing with it.

[_qulr]

Same. I legit didn't know the answer and thought it deserved discussion.