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1. Darren+t[view] [source] 2008-02-16 22:04:10
>>sharps+(OP)
I think news.yc has a 5th troll behavior and it's down modding a comment because they disagree with it. I have been down modded a number of times not for saying something rude or stupid just something that others don't agree with.

I tend to down mod rude and aggressive people on here and I also up mod people who I think have been down modded unfairly.

I am not sure if I am alone with my way of thinking.

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2. pg+R[view] [source] 2008-02-16 22:43:08
>>Darren+t
I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obviously the uparrows aren't only for applauding politeness, so it seems reasonable that the downarrows aren't only for booing rudeness.

It only becomes abuse when people resort to karma bombing: downvoting a lot of comments by one user without reading them in order to subtract maximum karma. Fortunately we now have several levels of software to protect against that.

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3. Darren+b1[view] [source] 2008-02-16 23:16:26
>>pg+R
very true but I have seen valid responses down modded because of fanboyism and blindness to other views.

I guess we don't always behave in a grown up way online. I am as guilty of that as the next guy.

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4. Darren+q1[view] [source] 2008-02-16 23:46:23
>>Darren+b1
lol the irony of being down modded for my last comment :p
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5. curi+A2[view] [source] 2008-02-17 01:59:15
>>Darren+q1
it's not necessarily ironic. maybe they didn't like how you used "grown up" to imply that children have the various bad traits you listed. which isn't a very reasonable or informative description of children.
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6. Darren+67[view] [source] 2008-02-17 12:57:41
>>curi+A2
I am sorry but you are twisting what I said there. I was meaning immature behavior which to quote the dictionary can mean "Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior."

People often tell others acting like an ass to grow up.

This has nothing to do with being an informative description of children and more to do with PG's troll post, now that is somewhat ironic :p

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7. curi+N9[view] [source] 2008-02-17 20:16:36
>>Darren+67
All those ways of insulting people are based in an ageist perspective, and one certainly can object to them.

For example, saying an asshole needs to grow up, is demeaning him by saying he is in an undesirable state (not grown up) which implies being a child is bad.

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