My biggest complaint with reddit and hn is that there is a down-vote button. It serves no purpose the way I consume and participate in discussions. If I don&#x27;t agree or vehemently disagree with something I pass over it and that&#x27;s it. I&#x27;ve had the opportunity to downvote and even when I had a strong opinions against what&#x27;s stated in a comment I never once downvoted. In fact, I&#x27;ve never used the downvoting link at all. Also, I find it enlightening to read opinions of people who are on the opposite end of some belief spectrum. It broadens my view and helps me better formulate what I think.<p>Hence, you either ban accounts for disturbing discussions repeatedly or just let everyone say whatever they think. A voting system that tries to hide comments is a bad idea.<p>I guess my issue is with what JBReefer calls groupthink and brigading. I personally would have called stuff-people-don&#x27;t-like-to-hear.<p>Slashdot&#x27;s systems used to work very well, but it&#x27;s fallen apart due to the current occupants of their comment sections.<p>HN already is an echo chamber of sorts, so trying to filter that even more is wrong.