Why Lobste.rs Is Better Than Hacker News

Why Lobste.rs Is Better Than Hacker News(kevquirk.com)

6 points by zahrevsky 133 days ago | 5 comments

gnabgib 133 days ago |

(2020) At the time (118 points, 165 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22146746

Rochus 132 days ago |

Better? I made a few posts about my work some years ago an met significantly more naggers and nitpickers than on HN; I didn't see a downvote function (in contrast to the author of the article), but flagging was obviously misused a lot.

damnitbuilds 133 days ago |

"In order to vote something down, you need to give a reason."

THAT is what Hacker News needs ( and Reddit and Facebook and everywhere else ).

Because "Don't like the facts in your comment" is the reason for 90% of downvotes here.

bell-cot 133 days ago | |

Speaking as a regular HN downvotee, I'd say "don't like your facts" accounts for at most 25% of downvoting.

Sure, you can always make a moderation system more complex. At best, that will somewhat reduce the complaints. At the cost of both the added complexity, and all the new-and-undesirable ways in which humans users can interact with that shiny new complexity.

Rochus 132 days ago | |

Rather remove the downvote function completely, because it is mostly misused and stimulates the "lower instincts" of people.