Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Needs It

Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by sharken on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:39AM (#27984343)

Absolutely my experience too, tech is not really controversial.

But discussions on health, religion and culture that is where the downvotes are used.

If you can accept that premise, then HN is a great place to be. Reddit is just not in the same league when it comes to thoughtful, well-articulated discussions where you get some great insights.

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Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by asteroidbelt on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:54AM (#27985284)

> tech is not really controversial

Unless it is a topic about Rust and how it is better or worse than C++.

Try to make a claim C++ is better, and nobody is going to read your bullet point explanations, you just get tons of downvotes.

(I'm not claiming anything is better or worse in this comment, I only present an example.)

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