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Re:BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs) by me_me_me on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:16AM (#26645070)
That's not participation, that's violating community protocols. Downvote is not used to show that you disagree but that the reply is low effort, inflammatory etc.
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Re:BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs) by yorwba on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:36AM (#26645200)
Flagging is for guideline-breaking content and a sufficient number of flags suppresses visibility except for people who have showdead on.

Whereas upvotes and downvotes control the sort order without silencing anyone, reflecting (albeit noisily) the overall community sentiment. Voting based on agreement is a perfectly valid way to use HN, and it seems to be what the majority is doing. (At least judging from the votes on my own comments, where I can see the count.)

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