Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies?

Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by grepfru_it on Sunday June 19, 2022 @08:19PM (#31804870)

Sometimes English isn’t the poster’s first language and emotion can be interpreted differently. For this reason I never downvote

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by DiggyJohnson on Sunday June 19, 2022 @10:23PM (#31805664)

Surely most of us are capable of distinguishing those negativities from the bluntness/imprecision of a non-native speaker, right?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by Mo3 on Sunday June 19, 2022 @11:29PM (#31806001)

> Sometimes

> never

Choose one

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by Akronymus on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:12AM (#31808006)

Could be rewritten as "I never downvote, to avoid the possibility of sometimes misinterpreting the tone of a non native speaker."

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by grepfru_it on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @08:37AM (#31823119)

Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by Akronymus on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:45AM (#31824520)

I am not sure I follow what you mean.

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