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1. oftenw+s7[view] [source] 2020-07-30 13:56:04
>>itchyj+(OP)
I downvote comments that I think are bad. Comments that are useless, unhelpful, non-constructive, etc.

For example, a few from the ruby post that was on the front page recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23990533

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23995632

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23991570

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2. jgwil2+Ze[view] [source] 2020-07-30 14:33:04
>>oftenw+s7
I'm not sure why you are getting downvoted here - you have given concrete examples of comments that are bad. Whether one agrees with you or not, this is exactly the kind of answer that OP was looking for.
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3. happyt+1q[view] [source] 2020-07-30 15:30:39
>>jgwil2+Ze
I think it's clear the downvoters probably didn't agree that those examples are bad enough to be downvoted. (I have no opinion).
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