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Is HN negative by design? (mikealrogers.com)
17 points by mjijackson 5345 days ago
1 comments
chris_gogreen 5345 days ago
No, people just like to share negative news. If there was a downvote button it would be closer to negative by design, but still not. Negative or positive could only be determined by content submitted.imho
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JCB_K 5345 days ago
There is a downvote button, it's just visible after a certain karma threshold, which moves up at the same rate as "karma inflation".
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sp332 5345 days ago
There's no downvote button on stories. That encourages people to leave negative comments, because they can't express their "negativity" by downvoting.
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chris_gogreen 5345 days ago
Nice, I better work on my Karma. Thank You!
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