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TL;DR: “If an article has more comments than votes, don’t add your comment to it or you may kill it off entirely!” Rings true to me and, if indeed accurate, it

TL;DR: “If an article has more comments than votes, don’t add your comment to it or you may kill it off entirely!” Rings true to me and, if indeed accurate, it seems like a good practice for HN.

krapp 13y ago
Comments should matter more than votes. A thread with all votes but no comments is a meaningless number, but a thread with all comments but no votes is exactly the same as that thread with votes. That particular weighting doesn't make sense to me. Clearly some people vote by commenting. Which is as it should be.
- sejje 13y ago
  But many people are downvoting with their comments.
  - krapp 13y ago
    Unintentionally, yes, that's the problem.
    - sejje 13y ago
      No, I meant intentionally. They disagree with the article or what have you and say so in the thread.
      - krapp 13y ago
        Oh. Well, good. I think civil, negative comments have more value than just downvoting.
- unreal37 13y ago
  I disagree. If you like something, vote for it. If you don't like something, comment on why and don't vote for it. If something just doesn't belong here, flag.
ternaryoperator 13y ago
Interestingly, one of the few ways to vote down an article on HN.