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HN meta: I'm sort of disappointed that this has been getting downvoted. Obviously, what Linden is saying in this case is probably not helping his business case
by jwise0 11y ago
HN meta: I'm sort of disappointed that this has been getting downvoted.
Obviously, what Linden is saying in this case is probably not helping his business case. It's clear to me that he either does not understand why Maciej doesn't want to implement a private API, or does not wish to understand it.
On the other hand, neither of those things are grounds for a downvote, I think. A downvote says "this content shouldn't be on HN" -- that there's something about a comment that detracts from how the community operates. Linden has been completely respectful in what he says and how he says it. Maybe that's not the case in what he's asking his users to do, but we may as well let him ask.
- disposeofnick9 11y agoIt's the signals destroying trust that create the animosity, and will tend to make it harder to have decent, respectful, working relationships with integration partners. It reads as lopsided and occurring unilaterally, without any degree of trust or respect for said partners.
- icebraining 11y agoA downvote says "this content shouldn't be on HN" Ehh, I'm not sure that's generally accepted. A few years back pg himself did say downvotes could be used for showing simple disagreement, and many people seem to agree even today.
- idlewords 11y agopg was also fond of using hellbanning to express disagreement.
- sam_goody 11y agoIf people use downvotes to show disagreement, than HN is sunk. No-one likes downvotes, and it will create a community where people only post those comments that they think everyone will agree with. Instead, downvotes should only be sed to highlight comments that should never have been made.
- toyg 11y agoDude, that ship sailed some time ago. And I say this as someone who agrees with the HN "mob" on most things. The hardcore libertarian-randist opinions you'd see relatively often around here have all but disappeared.
- minusSeven 11y agodownvoting just because you disagree is stupid.
- uremog 11y agoI agree, but I feel that HN in general thinks downvotes are for "I don't like what you said".
- dang 11y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11379243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11379243 and marked it off-topic.