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Re:Dear YC: Please stop downvoting thoughtful comments you d... by ars on Friday July 24, 2009 @10:52AM (#721529)
Comments that are factually wrong should go to 0 and no lower!

Below 0 is only for spam and things like "Me too".

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Re:Dear YC: Please stop downvoting thoughtful comments you d... by blasdel on Friday July 24, 2009 @05:10PM (#722433)
I disagree -- someone else could come along and upvote it again.

Since HN reports the final number, not +/-, information is lost.

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Re:Dear YC: Please stop downvoting thoughtful comments you d... by Hexstream on Friday July 24, 2009 @07:09PM (#722647)
Yes. I'd really like to have: "$upvotes - $downvotes = $score". I wonder if the past upvotes and downvotes count for each comment is stored in the database or just the final score figures?

I posted this on the suggestions page long ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=107060 It has only 20 points, I don't know if it means almost nobody else wants that...

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