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		aaronblohowiak on Jan 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Comment Down-voting for disagreement vs objection is one of the issues at play. Previously, we were encouraged to down-vote for disagreement but as the masses came, the use of down-voting as a punishment less harsh than flagging started to become more common.

qw on Jan 17, 2010 [–]

There's more discussion about this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1006725

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