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It is is bit off-putting that you think anything that you downvote will only respond with "noise explosion". Groupthink much?

• pvg 11y ago
  What, exactly, is groupthink? If everyone had to explain their every downvote, the site would be unreadable.
  • bcook 11y ago
    "Groupthink" can be Googled. Are you learning anything from the unresponsive down-voters of your post? The only thing I learn from grey posts is that HN does not agree. Why they do not agree... I often have no idea why.
    • pvg 11y ago
      'Groupthink' makes zero sense in this discussion. As to the noise explosion, think about what we just did. You posted a bit of offtopic meta (breaking a site rule), I was stupid enough to reply (breaking a site rule), now you're throwing inscrutable condescending non-sequiturs at me (breaking a site rule). We've added a bunch of pointless noise to a thread on the topic "Yelp Posts Q4 Loss, CFO Resigns". Some thankless moderator will have to come clean up after us.
      • bcook 11y ago
        Where can we talk about flaws in the Hacker News forum/comments?
        • pvg 11y ago
          Threads that are about that seem like a good place. As you know, anyone can start a thread.