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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by jjnoakes on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:39PM (#26812747)
I'd appreciate some examples. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but in my experience downvoted comments tend to have something beyond a counterpoint or difference of opinion; their content is usually irrelevant or unnecessarily snarky or somehow hostile.
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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by hn8788 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @05:01PM (#26813033)
I don't really have the time to go digging around for examples, but it's common enough that one of the site rules is to not complain about downvotes because it frequently happens for no reason.
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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by jjnoakes on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:07AM (#26859272)
The comment author may think there was no reason but almost every time I see a comment complaining about being downvoted, I see a reason among those I listed above.
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