Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments

Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by DanBC on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:21PM (#18743722)

I got minus 50 points for suggesting that not all violent homeless people are mentally ill, and that mental illness is a poor predictor of violent behaviour, and that you shouldn't assume a violent homeless person is mentally ill.

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by ineedasername on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:53PM (#18743868)

That does not seem to be an unreasonable opinion. Sure, it could be wrong (seems like data would have the answer one way or another) but either way in itself not offensive or really deserving of a downvote. strange. did anyone comment with an opposing view?

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by pizza on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @05:36AM (#18756880)

People seem to lose track of all nuance when it comes to 'social harmony with Western characteristics'.

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by melling on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:31PM (#18743774)

I thought they limited the downvote karma to -4?

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by soheil on Saturday December 22, 2018 @10:53PM (#18744306)

Didn't know that. What happens after -4?

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by DanBC on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:46PM (#18743840)

They have now.

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by melling on Saturday December 22, 2018 @09:17PM (#18743979)

That’s what I thought. I had this brutal exchange where I was willing to burn some karma to make a point:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9904732

I see you in there DanBC. :-)

You actually saved me from a severe beating.

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by _Schizotypy on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:32PM (#18743777)

Seriously?!

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Re:Ask HN: The most disliked HN posts/comments by DanBC on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:47PM (#18743845)

I said it quite grumpily.

There was some weirdness with the edit window time meaning I could no longer edit to remove the grumpiness, nor delete the post, but could still get downvotes.

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