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Re:A Tesla YouTuber Wants a Gas Car and Now YouTube Keeps Ta... by nutjob2 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @05:01PM (#23785175)
I think one could argue that having downvote functionality at all is counterproductive. What exactly is gained by downvoting posts versus the undeniable censorship of dissenting views and enabling personal grievances and biases?

"I don't know why you were downvoted" seems to be HN's unofficial motto.

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Re:A Tesla YouTuber Wants a Gas Car and Now YouTube Keeps Ta... by briefcomment on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:13PM (#23785869)
Downvoting is essentially denying someone the chance to have their voice be heard. If it's something egregiously bad, flag it. If you simply don't agree with the statement, leave a comment to hash it out.

We want all information that's not outright wrong or uncalled for so we can get to the best understanding. Downvoting hides viewpoints and makes us work with less information. It also powerfully biases people against a viewpoint, often unjustifiably.

Downvoting would be fine if we all always used strong reasoning in good faith. I don't think that happens for most downvotes.

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Re:A Tesla YouTuber Wants a Gas Car and Now YouTube Keeps Ta... by Fjolsvith on Saturday July 11, 2020 @08:00PM (#23807328)
Downvote mechanism discussed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22794857

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Re:A Tesla YouTuber Wants a Gas Car and Now YouTube Keeps Ta... by Roboprog on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:09PM (#23785833)
You keep that up, and you’ll be hell banned next.

I hear you, but I don’t pay for this toy, and the owner(s) run it as they see fit. I do agree with you though that I dislike down voting.

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