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mholt | karma 11075 | avg karma 6.56 · 2019-09-02 16:15:20+00:00

That's ironic

baud147258 | karma 3685 | avg karma 1.46 · 2019-09-02 16:25:32+00:00

In case of post on meta, the downvotes means "I disagree with this proposal", not that the question isn't good.

Avamander | karma 4204 | avg karma 1.56 · 2019-09-02 16:37:19+00:00

Disagreement doesn't mean they're right about the proposal though.

notatoad | karma 23514 | avg karma 4.59 · 2019-09-02 17:34:02+00:00

Which is kind of a perfect example of how downvotes are a bad interface - what they mean is context-sensitive, and needs to be explained. If meta had an explicit "disagree" flag, instead of an obtuse "downvote" that users have to intuit the meaning of, it wouldn't have to be explained in a HN comment.

chucksmash | karma 2544 | avg karma 3.5 · 2019-09-02 17:42:38+00:00

Not as ironic as you'd think[1].

[1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/47635

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