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What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
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Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#2Unexplained downvotes are antithetical to rational discourse.
Either downvotes should be abolished or they should require an explanatory comment.
Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#3Unexplained downvotes are antithetical to rational discourse. Either downvotes should be abolished or they should require an explanatory comment.
I'd like to see a list of valid reasons for downvoting, an appeal process, and removal of voting rights from those who downvote without valid reason. That's probably asking too much, though.
Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#4Middlebrow dismissals and talking down to actual experts.
But I can't fix it, as that would mean deleting my account.
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#5No way to delete account or at least randomize the name
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#6Although it's only a minor gripe, sometimes when I see people posting links to Wikipedia articles, I wish the poster would also comment why they were posting, and add their thoughts about the article's content...
Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#7Unexplained downvotes are antithetical to rational discourse. Either downvotes should be abolished or they should require an explanatory comment.
I'd like to see a list of valid reasons for downvoting, an appeal process, and removal of voting rights from those who downvote without valid reason. That's probably asking too much, though.
I’d say hide vote counts on submissions and comments, don’t grey out anything, and show approx karma eg under 500, 500-1k then to the nearest 1s.f.
Limit submission karma to 10 per post and 10 post karma/week and maybe only if comment to post ratios are met: why do I get 200 karma for pasting a URL and 4 karma for a good comment?
I’ve seen accounts that are clearly submitting NYT and other articles on the hour 24/7 with huge karma.
This is an issue because it means it’s easy to automate creation of 500-karma accounts and have an army of downvoters
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Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#9Unexplained downvotes are antithetical to rational discourse. Either downvotes should be abolished or they should require an explanatory comment.
I'd like to see a list of valid reasons for downvoting, an appeal process, and removal of voting rights from those who downvote without valid reason. That's probably asking too much, though.
I like this idea, although I fear that people would simply select whatever comes closest to "This comment provides inaccurate information" to express their disagreement.
People have an increasing tendency to view those with opposing moral positions as not just wrong morally, but also wrong factually, despite there being no facts involved in the discussion. (Attempts to explain the is-ought gap typically don't change minds, at least not in the short term.)
Re: What do you dislike about HN and how would you fix it
#10Add something like down votes that indicates the comment is totally invalid or the missed the point. I feel like lots of people read something in haste and never even attempt to get the point of the parent comment. It's part of the guidelines, but there is nothing to encourage that behavior.