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Don't be a jerk

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Re: Don't be a jerk

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Post by jonalmeida »

lazyant wrote: post #84
jedanbik wrote: post #69

I don't think there should be a downvote option. There should be an option for upvoting, and an option for flagging offensive content/content that is against the HN community guidelines. As it stands, there is no visual emphasis on high quality comments. There is a visual emphasis on low quality comments. Why is that? Apologies in advance if I am making an ignorant statement.

agree: 'upvote' or 'flag' and if you click 'flag' you have to choose an option like 'insulting' 'revealing personal info' etc

This goes well with my idea of providing comments on why you downvoted to give the author context. It's somewhere down here.

Re: Don't be a jerk

#132

Post by ColinWright »

capex wrote: post #130

Isn't saying 'Thank you' against the ethos of HN?

From https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html :

    Empty comments can be ok if they're
    positive. There's nothing wrong with
    submitting a comment saying just
    "Thanks."
Filling a thread with lots of very short comments just saying "Thanks" is discouraged, but in a short exchange in an item that's not going to spawn a huge amount of discussion, saying "thanks" won't derail or pollute the thread.

Quoting further:

    Which brings us to the most important
    principle on HN: civility.

Re: Don't be a jerk

#133

Post by rokhayakebe »

DanBC wrote: post #124
rokhayakebe wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

J, I cannot express how much I agree with you. The base logic in downvoting is so flawed it baffles me. How can you take away something from someone if you did not give it to them in the first place. Downvoting, especially without commenting, is exactly what the First Amendment was established for.

Jesus fucking christ the first amendment has nothing to do with downvotes on HN. I would much rather have people downvoting comments they hate than have to read through tiresome boring arguments about stuff hat has been endlessly argued about in the past.

Your perspective is narrow, but I respect your freedom to have an opinion and express. If you cannot see the relation between downvotes and the first amendment then I can simply disagree with you, but not downvote you for how you see things.
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