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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by krapp on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:19PM (#26824254)
A troll isn't someone who simply holds controversial views, but who argues in bad faith, and there are many examples of that on Hacker News.
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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by dang on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:21AM (#26829413)
There are many commenters who post abusively, but in my experience it is not the case that they're posting in bad faith. I think that is actually rather rare. Users are far too quick to assume this about each other.
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