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Re:The argument against "downvote". A slight violation of th... by melvinram on Sunday June 15, 2008 @07:21PM (#218247)
Even though the 1st amendment (or any amendment for that) has no bearing on HN, I agree with the spirit of your idea. I remember a month back, someone said something that I found funny (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=193369) ... and I put a LOL on it and I lost karma points for it. Seemed nuts to me.
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Re:The argument against "downvote". A slight violation of th... by soundsop on Sunday June 15, 2008 @07:44PM (#218260)
I think downvoting on an "lol"-type comment is appropriate. Making that sort of comment adds nothing valuable to the conversation and actually detracts from the comments by adding unnecessary clutter. Whenever you want to "lol" a comment, just upvote it.
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Re:The argument against "downvote". A slight violation of th... by melvinram on Sunday June 15, 2008 @08:49PM (#218305)
lol - I couldn't resist :-P
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