[tosers4]

this forum literally hides opinions people disagree with.

The up and down arrow are really bad icons for UX.

[shawnz]

I think the up and down arrows are perfect representations for what they do: "I want people to see this" vs "I don't want people to see this".

The problem is when someone believes that people shouldn't see any opinions that they disagree with. How do you stop them from downvoting substantive content? Personally I don't think changing the icons will help

[s1artibartfast]

I don't entirely agree. I think that upvote and a flag, placed elsewhere, would have a substantial difference.

[thu2111]

HN/reddit moderation is extremely basic compared to the stuff Slashdot had 20 years ago.

We desperately need forum software with better forms of moderation.

[wycy]

In my experience on HN, downvoted comments are almost exclusively low-effort, spammy, immature, etc. I'm not sure I've ever noticed an insightful dissenting comment downvoted here.

[wrycoder]

The [-] allows you to hide the most popular threads and dig for hidden gold. I do this often.