Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately
by Kim_Bruning on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:11PM
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Did you mean to quote:
"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. "
And I typically agree with that, except in this instance I decided to make a brief comment, because I disagreed with you somewhat strongly.
There's nothing in the actual guidelines about downvoting for disagreement; though the balance of the HN guidelines seem to be in favor of commenting in reply to a thoughtful comment. "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. " ... and ... "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. "
What can be less thoughtful, substantive, or deep than a naked downvote?
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