I know discussing HN behavior is off topic, but parent's comment is a perfect example of something unpopular that adds to conversation.
We shouldn't use votes to squelch opinions we don't hold. We should use them to improve the discourse.
We shouldn't use votes to squelch opinions we don't hold. We should use them to improve the discourse.
In their frothing haste to put down my heresy here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307056, not one single commenter took just a second to understand what I actually wrote. Most of the responses aren't even coherent on their own, much less address my questions. I did not advocate for the status quo, I did not even assert OP was wrong. I invited them to provide some reasoning for their proposal. Quite troubling, even cultish behavior.
I try to gently call it out here when I see it, though, because HN is the one user-curated site where I still feel that people come to get to 'truths' versus 'agendas'. I want it to stay that way!