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...and I get down-voted for that?

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
I didn't downvote you, but word to the wise: complaining about getting downvoted without anything of larger value to add to the conversation almost always gets you downvoted more (and any parent comments as well that you made in that thread) When I first started I spent one thread basically telling the rest of the room to go jump in a lake for downvoting me. I lost about 7 karma points that day, so I don't do that anymore. :) A more reasonable question is: I do not understand what I said that was so bad. Would somebody please take the time to explain to me why you think I was downvoted?
- jacquesm 17y ago
  He's right though, look at his comment history.
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    Not any more. Got to do my good deed for today. Now back to work.
  - plinkplonk 17y ago
    I think (in this case) whining provokes downvotes. As simple as that. This is just a discussion forum for $Diety's sake. Getting downvoted to -4 isn't the end of the world. It is just a number on a webpage which has no impact on your success in the real world. Just try to improve your points/writing. That's what I do when I am downvoted to oblivion and I care about upvotes.
    - jacquesm 17y ago
      If it happens structurally it can definitely have a negative effect though.
      - plinkplonk 17y ago
        "If it happens structurally it can definitely have a negative effect though" I agree. But I am not sure any organized downvoting brigade would slip by the admin folks for very long. And I am not sure that (downvoting brigade) is what is happening in this case. ( I was reacting to the "And I get downvoted for that" bit. A comment like that gets downvoted because it (a) is content free (b) sounds like angsty whining. Imo comments about the injustice of downvoting aren't very effective on HN. By and large, if you make a good point, the community's opinion overcomes arbitrary downvotes.)
        jacquesm 17y ago
        Since he's posted this a couple of people have already changed the numbers enough for the discussion to be pretty muddled. But I've definitely seen this kind of behaviour with others as well, specifically with: vaksel, unalone, cperciva and a bunch of others. The interesting thing is that in the long run it always balances out.

I didn't downvote you, but word to the wise: complaining about getting downvoted without anything of larger value to add to the conversation almost always gets you downvoted more (and any parent comments as well that you made in that thread) When I first started I spent one thread basically telling the rest of the room to go jump in a lake for downvoting me. I lost about 7 karma points that day, so I don't do that anymore. :) A more reasonable question is: I do not understand what I said that was so bad. Would somebody please take the time to explain to me why you think I was downvoted?

jacquesm 17y ago
He's right though, look at his comment history.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Not any more. Got to do my good deed for today. Now back to work.
- plinkplonk 17y ago
  I think (in this case) whining provokes downvotes. As simple as that. This is just a discussion forum for $Diety's sake. Getting downvoted to -4 isn't the end of the world. It is just a number on a webpage which has no impact on your success in the real world. Just try to improve your points/writing. That's what I do when I am downvoted to oblivion and I care about upvotes.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    If it happens structurally it can definitely have a negative effect though.
    - plinkplonk 17y ago
      "If it happens structurally it can definitely have a negative effect though" I agree. But I am not sure any organized downvoting brigade would slip by the admin folks for very long. And I am not sure that (downvoting brigade) is what is happening in this case. ( I was reacting to the "And I get downvoted for that" bit. A comment like that gets downvoted because it (a) is content free (b) sounds like angsty whining. Imo comments about the injustice of downvoting aren't very effective on HN. By and large, if you make a good point, the community's opinion overcomes arbitrary downvotes.)
      - jacquesm 17y ago
        Since he's posted this a couple of people have already changed the numbers enough for the discussion to be pretty muddled. But I've definitely seen this kind of behaviour with others as well, specifically with: vaksel, unalone, cperciva and a bunch of others. The interesting thing is that in the long run it always balances out.