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Re:Tell HN: Don't ask for upvotes by bl4hblahblat on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @06:20PM (#7973827)
Well, that's kind of my point. You are at the mercy of people who disagree with you if you are in the minority. If you disagree with the consensus you will be downvoted to the point that you can't be seen anymore.

I think that differing views add value.

Having contrary opinions just disappear so that everyone can keep restating the same thing to each other is really frustrating.

EDIT: Clarification...

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Re:Tell HN: Don't ask for upvotes by jfoster on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @01:36AM (#7975401)
Fair enough. I see the theory of that. Does it happen in practice? Are there comments that were intelligent, adding to the discussion, not being mean, and so on... which were then downvoted to the point where they couldn't be seen?

I don't think I've seen it happen on HN, but I have seen it on other sites. I hypothesize that there is actually a craving for intelligent but unusual viewpoints on HN.

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