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Looks like the best way to be downvoted on HN is to be critical of either Facebook or Apple - and to a lesser extent MS. That's the only way I ever managed to g

by r2dnb 10y ago

Looks like the best way to be downvoted on HN is to be critical of either Facebook or Apple - and to a lesser extent MS. That's the only way I ever managed to get downvoted.

eropple 10y ago
You were downvoted (I downvoted you) not for being critical of any company, but by aggressively making profoundly sweeping statements in a way that seemed designed to troll people. What's more, what you said is incorrect. You don't need to attend (and indeed when I worked on OS X applications I never did)--you wait less than 24 hours for the videos to be posted, or you read the documentation that describes in detail any new features of the operating system.
- r2dnb 10y ago
  You downvoted me because you disagree with me / felt mocked. No trolling but I perhaps triggered more emotion than intended. I forgot the high level of zealotry when it comed to FB and Apple. And I overlooked that only people committed to Apple would participate in a thread having this title. For the record: I highlighted the irony of calling this meeting state of the union for a company already criticized for its closeliness. "Having to attend" referred to the top-down approach. Never commented on the "you can stream/download thing". Most downvoters were emotional and totally missed the point. I would do it again to be honest. I respect your lifestyle choice, hope the conference went fine ;)
PhasmaFelis 10y ago
You were downvoted for being wrong. And now you're being downvoted again because you're whining about it, instead of just admitting that you were wrong. I see about as many people complaining that HN irrationally loves Apple as that it irrationally hates Apple. Neither one is true. Mostly HN downvotes people who don't check their facts.
- r2dnb 10y ago
  I never said that you have to attend physically. See my comment below. "Whining about it". Please avoid personal attacks.
  - sbuk 10y ago
    Little bit over sensitive, aren't we?
dang 10y ago
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11898249 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11898249 and marked it off-topic.

by r2dnb 10y ago

Looks like the best way to be downvoted on HN is to be critical of either Facebook or Apple - and to a lesser extent MS. That's the only way I ever managed to get downvoted.

eropple 10y ago

You were downvoted (I downvoted you) not for being critical of any company, but by aggressively making profoundly sweeping statements in a way that seemed designed to troll people. What's more, what you said is incorrect. You don't need to attend (and indeed when I worked on OS X applications I never did)--you wait less than 24 hours for the videos to be posted, or you read the documentation that describes in detail any new features of the operating system.

r2dnb 10y ago
You downvoted me because you disagree with me / felt mocked. No trolling but I perhaps triggered more emotion than intended. I forgot the high level of zealotry when it comed to FB and Apple. And I overlooked that only people committed to Apple would participate in a thread having this title. For the record: I highlighted the irony of calling this meeting state of the union for a company already criticized for its closeliness. "Having to attend" referred to the top-down approach. Never commented on the "you can stream/download thing". Most downvoters were emotional and totally missed the point. I would do it again to be honest. I respect your lifestyle choice, hope the conference went fine ;)

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

You were downvoted for being wrong. And now you're being downvoted again because you're whining about it, instead of just admitting that you were wrong. I see about as many people complaining that HN irrationally loves Apple as that it irrationally hates Apple. Neither one is true. Mostly HN downvotes people who don't check their facts.

r2dnb 10y ago
I never said that you have to attend physically. See my comment below. "Whining about it". Please avoid personal attacks.
- sbuk 10y ago
  Little bit over sensitive, aren't we?

dang 10y ago

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11898249 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11898249 and marked it off-topic.