3 ms·

Someone asked a yes/no question. I answered yes. And got downvoted. I stand by my statement.

dang 11y ago
Everyone gets downvoted. Yes, it's annoying, but venting that annoyance back on the site adds nothing of value, only off-topic noise. The HN guidelines ask everyone not to do that, so please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- forrestthewoods 11y ago
  How do I delete my HN account and all it's comments?
  - softawre 11y ago
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+delete+my+HN+account+and+all+it%27s+comments http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+delete+my+HN+account+and+all+i...
    - forrestthewoods 11y ago
      Thanks for this reply. It saves me from having to explain why I'd want to do such a thing.
sillysaurus3 11y ago
For what it's worth, I agree with forrestthewoods here. They should not have complained so harshly, but the entire subthread is little more than snobbery towards cultural trends. The top comment isn't even about the content of the article. Being downvoted for answering a straightforward question with a straightforward answer is certainly a frustrating feeling, and it's one I relate with. There's another aspect: It highlights that the question itself was disingenuous. No one was seriously asking whether people can read articles like these. It's true that all of this is beside the point, and that the only mod action here was to request that they not conduct themselves badly. That's fine. But the frustration that led to their behavior is valid. It's much easier to call out bad behavior than to influence disingenuousness; I'm just hoping both will go away.
- forgottenpass 11y ago
  Silly sillysaurus, Hacker News is for social signalling games, not frank discussion.
  - puredemo 11y ago
    You know, when you put it like this it all makes so much more sense.
6d0debc071 11y ago
I agree with forest, someone should not be penalised for answering a question honestly.
jrcii 11y ago
The guidelines say to avoid "gratuitous negativity" in comments, yet it seems quite common for HN users to be gratuitously negative with their downvotes.

dang 11y ago

Everyone gets downvoted. Yes, it's annoying, but venting that annoyance back on the site adds nothing of value, only off-topic noise. The HN guidelines ask everyone not to do that, so please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

forrestthewoods 11y ago
How do I delete my HN account and all it's comments?
- softawre 11y ago
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+delete+my+HN+account+and+all+it%27s+comments http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+delete+my+HN+account+and+all+i...
  - forrestthewoods 11y ago
    Thanks for this reply. It saves me from having to explain why I'd want to do such a thing.

sillysaurus3 11y ago

For what it's worth, I agree with forrestthewoods here. They should not have complained so harshly, but the entire subthread is little more than snobbery towards cultural trends. The top comment isn't even about the content of the article. Being downvoted for answering a straightforward question with a straightforward answer is certainly a frustrating feeling, and it's one I relate with. There's another aspect: It highlights that the question itself was disingenuous. No one was seriously asking whether people can read articles like these. It's true that all of this is beside the point, and that the only mod action here was to request that they not conduct themselves badly. That's fine. But the frustration that led to their behavior is valid. It's much easier to call out bad behavior than to influence disingenuousness; I'm just hoping both will go away.

forgottenpass 11y ago
Silly sillysaurus, Hacker News is for social signalling games, not frank discussion.
- puredemo 11y ago
  You know, when you put it like this it all makes so much more sense.

6d0debc071 11y ago

I agree with forest, someone should not be penalised for answering a question honestly.

jrcii 11y ago

The guidelines say to avoid "gratuitous negativity" in comments, yet it seems quite common for HN users to be gratuitously negative with their downvotes.