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Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by Semiapies on Thursday August 06, 2009 @11:25AM (#745661)
This keeps coming up, and people keep linking to pg's post on saying that's exactly the intent of down-voting.
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Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by cema on Thursday August 06, 2009 @12:17PM (#745771)
Well, pg controls it to a large extent, but not 100%.
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Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by Semiapies on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:25PM (#746820)
It's his site. If he says downvoting is appropriate for expressing disagreement, then there's no basis for saying that isn't "what down votes are for".
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Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by cema on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @06:54PM (#759476)
He has built the site, and people are building the news forum. It appears (or perhaps "it emerges") that what they are using the voting system for is close to his vision but not 100%. Of course he can still guide it, but the crowd works its ways.
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