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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

References the ratio of upvotes vs downvotes. People use it as a "look, even this community thinks you're wrong," or similar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ah, figures, thank you. I still don't get it, with the counts I'm seeing, but I think we've gone deep enough down this comment chain already.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I mean unless you're arguing that people were downvoting op because the article sucks