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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by vinceguidry on Saturday July 20, 2019 @05:36PM (#20488534)
You can get a sense for how much a post is being downvoted by the shade of gray the post is displayed with. The closer to white, the more downvotes. HN stopped greying out your own posts, so it's not easy to determine exactly how the behavior is implemented.

Personally, I find the greying of a post on even a single downvote to be quite unfortunate and easily abused. I feel a post should only start greying on the second downvote.

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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by brewdad on Saturday July 20, 2019 @06:53PM (#20488832)
I find it useful and will upvote gray posts that I feel have been downvoted over disagreement rather than truly deserving the downvote. It's probably my most common reason for upvoting.
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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by akerl_ on Sunday July 21, 2019 @06:10AM (#20490678)
It’s potentially worth noting that downvoting over disagreement is considered in-line with the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858
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