It’s rather pointless to speculate—I believe HN moderators can see who downvoted, but even they can only guess at why.
Sometimes people even downvote by accident when they mean to upvote—easy to do on your phone
Also, I find anything which says “conservative religion isn’t purely bad” tends to reliably attract some downvotes. A lot of people feel hurt or even traumatised by conservative religious groups (often not even the one under discussion), so I can understand why they do it.
> Sometimes people even downvote by accident when they mean to upvote—easy to do on your phone
You raise a great point. I have done that many times from a mobile phone.
@dang: Any thoughts on this HN UX issue? Idea: Should we change the UX on mobile browsers to make the upvote/downvote buttons have more space between them? It might help for folks with "sausage" fingers.
> Also, I find anything which says “conservative religion isn’t purely bad” tends to reliably attract some downvotes.
That is why I liked his post. It had real nuance around a culturally senstive issue like religion.
It’s rather pointless to speculate—I believe HN moderators can see who downvoted, but even they can only guess at why.
Sometimes people even downvote by accident when they mean to upvote—easy to do on your phone
Also, I find anything which says “conservative religion isn’t purely bad” tends to reliably attract some downvotes. A lot of people feel hurt or even traumatised by conservative religious groups (often not even the one under discussion), so I can understand why they do it.
@dang: Any thoughts on this HN UX issue? Idea: Should we change the UX on mobile browsers to make the upvote/downvote buttons have more space between them? It might help for folks with "sausage" fingers.
That is why I liked his post. It had real nuance around a culturally senstive issue like religion.