I don't particularly enjoy being down voted but it is interesting to try to figure out why a comment was down voted.
In real life, our friends might not tell us if, for example, our little political rant is boring. We do get that feedback on HN.
One thing that really irritates me however is when someone takes the time to respond to one of my comments and gets down voted. For me a big motivation for commenting is to see what responses I get. So, I like the current system, but perhaps down voting is overly used.
I don't particularly enjoy being down voted but it is interesting to try to figure out why a comment was down voted.
In real life, our friends might not tell us if, for example, our little political rant is boring. We do get that feedback on HN.
One thing that really irritates me however is when someone takes the time to respond to one of my comments and gets down voted. For me a big motivation for commenting is to see what responses I get. So, I like the current system, but perhaps down voting is overly used.
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