Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by gwbas1c on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:20PM
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Honestly, in the last few months I often find myself upvoting opinions I disagree with.
It's one thing to downvote something that's factually incorrect, mean-spirited, ect. But downvoting a post that expresses a well-formed, but subjective opinion? I used to just ignore opinions that I disagreed with; and only downvote flames and things that were factually incorrect.
That, IMO, is how I interpret how the “Eternal September” plays out here: When people penalize opinions instead of facts and flames.
It's one thing to downvote something that's factually incorrect, mean-spirited, ect. But downvoting a post that expresses a well-formed, but subjective opinion? I used to just ignore opinions that I disagreed with; and only downvote flames and things that were factually incorrect.
That, IMO, is how I interpret how the “Eternal September” plays out here: When people penalize opinions instead of facts and flames.