Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week

Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by CN7R on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:23PM (#13109769)

I thought there were rules established: upvote if a post is thought provoking and or informative; downvote if it's factually incorrect or doesn't contribute to the conversation.

The forums on the internet should not be solely to affirm your opinions, but also to challenge them and allow growth as an individual.

The problem isn't with politics -- it's with the people misusing the voting system.

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Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by weberc2 on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:27PM (#13109799)

> downvote if it's factually incorrect

I would be surprised if this had much of an impact. I've encountered a lot of people even on HN who truly seem to believe their ideology is somehow 'fact'. Those who are sufficiently self-aware in this regard are probably not abusing the downvote button to begin with.

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Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by kps on Monday December 05, 2016 @06:00PM (#13110658)

The actual rule emerges from the code: upvote a post you want people to read, downvote a post you want made difficult to read.

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