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List articles and the increase in junk posts on DN

over 4 years ago from Ken Em

  • Ken Em, over 4 years ago

    Why?

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    • Account deleted over 4 years ago

      Because they stifle legitimate comments and trolls downvote you for disagreeing with completely objective points. It's happened to me plenty of times, and as silly as it seems, getting downvoted makes people not want to express their opinions, so you get a nice echo chamber effect, which makes for some pretty one sided discussions which seems dumb on a discussion board.

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      • Ken Em, over 4 years ago

        Understood, but I disagree. I view comments like any other content. I either think it's good content or it's not. I've also used downvoting on comments that were made by people who were simply being jerks, trollish or abusive.

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        • Account deleted over 4 years ago

          That might be how you view things but it's not really how it is. This comment:

          https://imgur.com/a/PyShm1b

          answers what someone is saying with proof and it gets downvoted, and this happens pretty much daily. It just makes this board appear juvenile.

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          • Ken Em, over 4 years ago

            Perhaps that person had another reason to downvote your comment. If it's something you're taking personally, these up and down votes really don't mean anything in the grand scheme. :)

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            • Account deleted over 4 years ago

              Yeah that's what Im saying though. In terms of contributing to a discussion downvotes dont work because people downvote other people because they're still salty from something that was said about their dribbble post 2 months ago. It seems juveline and it kills genuine discussion.

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              • Ken Em, over 4 years ago

                I guess we will have to agree to disagree. My opinion is certainly valid, as is yours. If I see people being jerks in the comments, I'm going to downvote them.

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              • David ThornDavid Thorn, over 4 years ago

                Redistribute the downvotes.

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                • Account deleted over 4 years ago

                  An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, yo.

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