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Could anybody explain why this comment by "internaut" was downvoted so heavily? I found internaut's comment to be insightful, well-conceived and on-topic. What
by vog 10y ago
Could anybody explain why this comment by "internaut" was downvoted so heavily?
I found internaut's comment to be insightful, well-conceived and on-topic. What's wrong with this comment?
EDIT: Moreover, who downvoted me so quickly for asking this question? This happened almost immediately after I posted this. Are there some nasty bots at place here?
- pvg 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html search for 'downvoted'.
- vog 10y agoI don't know what to make of this. This hint is not useful at all. The guideline in question ... > Please resist commenting about being downvoted. ... does not explain anything here. 1. This guideline does not explain the downvote of internaut's comment. 2. This guideline does not explain the downvote of my initial comment, where I complained about another person being downvoted, not about myself being downvoted (which I wasn't at that point in time). 3. This guideline does not explain the situation after my EDIT. Although it violated that guideline, it did not receive heavy downvotes, but received multiple upvotes instead.
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- pvg 10y agoIt simply asks you not to go on (and continue to go on) about downvoting. The forum is better if everyone does as it asks. If you're really worried about being targeted by some evil bot, you can just email the site admins.
- vog 10y agoThanks for the clarification. Now your first comment makes a lot more sense to me. It was not clear to me that you were asking for something. I thought you were trying to explain something.
- pvg 10y agoI wasn't asking you for anything.
- vog 10y agoYou were asking me to follow the guidelines. Which is perfectly fine. I wasn't aware that I violated them, I'm thankful for the hint, and I'm more than willing to respect and follow them. I just didn't get that from your very short initial comment, because I misunderstood it.
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- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11797751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11797751 and marked it off-topic.