top | item 20780905 (no title) allana | 6 years ago Downvoting (from what I gather) is supposed to be used not as a disagree button, but rather as a tool when a comment doesn't add value to a conversation, hence why downvotes are so restricted on HN. discuss order hn newest EpicEng|6 years ago This is completely wrong.dang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858PG - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392347Downvoting as a tool to show disagreement has always been standard practice here. Mini-modding on the other hand... downandout|6 years ago I think you have a misunderstanding of this issue. If that’s the case, essentially every downvote I have ever received was an “abuse” of the feature.
EpicEng|6 years ago This is completely wrong.dang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858PG - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392347Downvoting as a tool to show disagreement has always been standard practice here. Mini-modding on the other hand...
downandout|6 years ago I think you have a misunderstanding of this issue. If that’s the case, essentially every downvote I have ever received was an “abuse” of the feature.
EpicEng|6 years ago
dang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858
PG - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392347
Downvoting as a tool to show disagreement has always been standard practice here. Mini-modding on the other hand...
downandout|6 years ago