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Re:Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action) by notauser on Sunday June 15, 2008 @06:07AM (#217990)
I downvote for factual errors (such as 'Symbian is open source') because a high vote count implies that the comment is correct.
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Re:Ask YC: Voting and Karma (Call to action) by whacked_new on Sunday June 15, 2008 @11:48AM (#218081)
That would be a very unfortunate loss of information. A better scenario is if you reply with the correct statement, and try to make it upmodded more than its parent.

If you sink the incorrect comment that previously had a high score, those who walked away with the misinformation have a higher chance of having their misconceptions persist.

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