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		emteycz on April 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Color is Your Function? (2015) Nowadays people downvote because they disagree. It's sad because it pointlessly frustrates the poster and kills discussions.

steveklabnik on April 2, 2018 [–]

It's not just 'nowadays'. pg a decade ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171

> I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement.

emteycz on April 2, 2018 | [–]

From my personal point of view, it's happening more in the last year than it did before.

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