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1. Samuel+rY[view] [source] 2013-11-26 19:36:19
>>jseip+(OP)
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.

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2. krapp+x01[view] [source] 2013-11-26 19:56:29
>>Samuel+rY
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.

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3. sejje+H41[view] [source] 2013-11-26 20:32:10
>>krapp+x01
But many people are downvoting with their comments.
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4. krapp+9m1[view] [source] 2013-11-26 23:33:29
>>sejje+H41
Unintentionally, yes, that's the problem.
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5. sejje+fP4[view] [source] 2013-11-29 08:24:29
>>krapp+9m1
No, I meant intentionally.

They disagree with the article or what have you and say so in the thread.

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6. krapp+tb5[view] [source] 2013-11-29 15:45:46
>>sejje+fP4
Oh. Well, good. I think civil, negative comments have more value than just downvoting.
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