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Is HN negative by design?

• chris_gogreen 15y ago
  No, people just like to share negative news. If there was a downvote button it would be closer to negative by design, but still not. Negative or positive could only be determined by content submitted.imho
  • JCB_K 15y ago
    There is a downvote button, it's just visible after a certain karma threshold, which moves up at the same rate as "karma inflation".
    • chris_gogreen 15y ago
      Nice, I better work on my Karma. Thank You!
    • sp332 15y ago
      There's no downvote button on stories. That encourages people to leave negative comments, because they can't express their "negativity" by downvoting.