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		pessimizer on May 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How exactly does Hacker News 'points' work... Hopefully they account for controversial comments, too. If a comment gets 130 upvotes and 145 (karma-equivalent) downvotes, I want to see it. Also, I know that dang has mentioned helping minority opinions out more than once.

Aldo_MX on May 28, 2014 [–]

I rarely upvote, but when I do, is because a good comment has been downvoted unfairly.

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