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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by downandout on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:27PM (#20780831)
Downvoting is against the site’s policy? Why does the downvote button exist then?
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by allana on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:32PM (#20780905)
Downvoting (from what I gather) is supposed to be used not as a disagree button, but rather as a tool when a comment doesn't add value to a conversation, hence why downvotes are so restricted on HN.
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by EpicEng on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:47PM (#20781091)
This is completely wrong.

dang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858

PG - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392347

Downvoting as a tool to show disagreement has always been standard practice here. Mini-modding on the other hand...

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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by downandout on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:38PM (#20780977)
I think you have a misunderstanding of this issue. If that’s the case, essentially every downvote I have ever received was an “abuse” of the feature.
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