Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action)

Re:Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action) by rokhayakebe on Saturday June 14, 2008 @07:10PM (#217751)

You are absolutely right, although it seems to me that to a growing number of users Downvote = "I disagree" or "Everyone is downvoting so I'll follow" or "You cannot disagree with this particular user so I'll downvote".

I think downvoting should not be. It is an unnecessary evil. A "dichotomy". Fighting for Peace using nuclear power. The best way to fight comments/posts that add no value is to Remain Silent. If you hit someone, there are very likely to hit you back, but if you ignore them they are more likely to take their rants and stories to Digg or somewhere else.

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Re:Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action) by iamdave on Saturday June 14, 2008 @07:22PM (#217762)

I disagree (although I upvoted your comment because it's a worthy contribution), if you're going to downvote a person at least share with us why you disagree and help us all glean some sort of understanding of your viewpoint.

No use adding flame infinitum.

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Re:Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action) by rokhayakebe on Sunday June 15, 2008 @02:20AM (#217943)

What I mean is I do not need to downvote nor comment if I believe it is not worth it.

I would suggest limits on the number of karma points we can use each week or day (with no rollover) and eliminate the downvote feature.

In the case a comment or story is inappropriate, it can be flagged.

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