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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. dredmorbius ◴[25 Aug 23 06:07 UTC] No.37258622[source]▶
I don't downvote all disagreement, and I'll occasionally upvote or vouch a comment I disagree with that I feel has been excessively downvoted.

But I frequently downvote disagreement where it seems to me that the comment also reduces the overall thread quality.