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446 points tonmoy | 1 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Pannoniae ◴[24 Aug 23 17:30 UTC] No.37251926[source]▶
There's really one thing missing from the guidelines IMO - "don't downvote for disagreement, downvote for offtopic/flamebait/inappropriate comment".

Well, this should be obvious, but it sadly isn't...

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stinos ◴[24 Aug 23 18:06 UTC] No.37252462[source]▶
But 'disagreement' is a bit vague. If I use a dwonvote (which isn't for totally inappropriate stuff) it's not merely disagreement, but because the comment has demonstrably false content for instance. I'm not sure what else I'd use it for, just opinion-based disagreement doesn't quite cut it indeed.
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1. Pannoniae ◴[24 Aug 23 18:08 UTC] No.37252493[source]▶
I'll try to clarify myself (I thought I was, but apparently not...) by "disagreement" I meant downvoting purely based on not agreeing with the poster's opinions and/or their other comments. (There are people who mass-downvote posters on HN which they want to "punish", sadly...)

If the comment is inflammatory, false or even just misleading, I wouldn't count it under this umbrella.