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View submission: Can we ban this extremely racist asshole?
Why? This place would seriously suck shit if everyone agreed with one another.
This whole site is geared to reward and amplify you if you agree with the majority, and punish and silence you if you disagree with the majority.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/06/2008 at 00:48 UTC
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Yeah, except sometimes you'll be able to turnaround a downmod frenzy by saying "Why was this downmodded?" and get debate going.
I'm pretty sure I've read every comment "below threshhold"
Comment by zctaylor at 05/06/2008 at 23:00 UTC
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For articles yes, but if that happens in the comments, where unpopular opinions are downvoted, it is an abuse of the system.