Re:/r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story
by nullcaution on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:10PM
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> In many ways HN is worse than Reddit because comments get flagged way too easily.
Ive never had that problem, but this is a tech and entrepreneurship forum and not a general form.
>That’s what downvotes are for
If you get enough karma here you can down vote, 500 iirc. They do this so you can't create fake accounts to downvote people multiple times.
Re:/r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story
by int_19h on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:51AM
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When comments get downvoted rapidly here, it is usually because their tone is deemed unacceptable by the community. Which, yes, is unabashed tone policing in the most literal sense of the word - but I think that's exactly why HN is much more pleasant to have conversations on than most other platforms online these days.
Also, when something gets downvoted solely for content, if you come back later, it often gets upvoted right back (and then some), with some comments below to the effect that downmodding is not a proper way to express disagreement. I've upvoted greyed-out comments that I strongly disagreed with myself more than once, solely on the basis that they make a valid argument that ought to be a part of the conversation - even if only to debunk it properly.
I do agree with you greatly though that Reddit mods have way too much power. The /r/movies subreddit is pretty garbage because of it. I wish they had just a daily thread for people to discuss movies. They refuse any sort of thing like this and persist their perverse love affair with movie posters.