Comment on The Value of Downvoting, or, How Hacker News Gets It WrongparentComments−whughes17yActually, I've noticed several downvoted posts in my short time here. Caveat: I think this is more a result of trollish posting in many of the cases, but of course that is another problem on its own.See:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507278http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507604 (the downvoting on this does seem questionable, although it is an extreme position)http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507301http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=505452−kajecounterhack17yThose are comments, not posts. Posts themselves cannot be downvoted.−whughes17yAck, I'm getting my terminology confused. I meant posts in the usenet/forum sense.
Comments
Actually, I've noticed several downvoted posts in my short time here. Caveat: I think this is more a result of trollish posting in many of the cases, but of course that is another problem on its own.
See:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507278
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507604 (the downvoting on this does seem questionable, although it is an extreme position)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=507301
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=505452
Those are comments, not posts. Posts themselves cannot be downvoted.
Ack, I'm getting my terminology confused. I meant posts in the usenet/forum sense.