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It's not about the question, it's about the tone ;-)

by dewiz 10y ago

hristov 10y ago
Ok I will try asking nicer, and see if I get the script.
hristov 10y ago
So I did put in another comment that was in an overwhelmingly positive tone and that one got downvoted as well. And no they have not released the script. So I guess it was not about the tone.
- hristov 10y ago
  And of course couple of minutes after I made my point about my second comment being downvoted, the downvotes were reversed and that comment was upvoted instead.
  - abduhl 10y ago
    so your argument is that microsoft keeps on hand enough accounts with high enough karma to downvote you and then also upvote you when you call out their conspiracy so that they dont seem to be downvoting you? your life must be a constant wonder
    - iaw 10y ago
      Actually, the likely scenario is that Microsoft employees make up a sizable portion of the HN user base (relative to smaller companies) and when an MS employee sees something antagonistic towards MS, they downvote. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to varying degrees all have the same phenomenon on HN. It's not the PR team, it's the eng team in their spare time.
  - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
    I have had plenty of comments that were at -2 or -3 minutes after posting, and later wound up very high. My best guess is that brand-new comments get their first votes from the "[new] comments" section, which encourages people to vote based on first impressions rather than context or content, and then later get voted up by more thoughtful readers. Also, people are more likely to vote up a decent-but-not-great comment that is showing as grey to them. I voted up your original comment, actually. Microsoft has a long history of flat-out lying; they have been getting better in recent years, but they haven't earned unquestioning trust. I downvoted your other comments because you're being whiny and petulant and paranoid for no good reason.
  - angry-hacker 10y ago
    This is not reddit. Read the rules and stop whining about your downvotes.

It's not about the question, it's about the tone ;-)

by dewiz 10y ago

It's not about the question, it's about the tone ;-)

hristov 10y ago

Ok I will try asking nicer, and see if I get the script.

hristov 10y ago

So I did put in another comment that was in an overwhelmingly positive tone and that one got downvoted as well. And no they have not released the script. So I guess it was not about the tone.

hristov 10y ago
And of course couple of minutes after I made my point about my second comment being downvoted, the downvotes were reversed and that comment was upvoted instead.
- abduhl 10y ago
  so your argument is that microsoft keeps on hand enough accounts with high enough karma to downvote you and then also upvote you when you call out their conspiracy so that they dont seem to be downvoting you? your life must be a constant wonder
  - iaw 10y ago
    Actually, the likely scenario is that Microsoft employees make up a sizable portion of the HN user base (relative to smaller companies) and when an MS employee sees something antagonistic towards MS, they downvote. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to varying degrees all have the same phenomenon on HN. It's not the PR team, it's the eng team in their spare time.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  I have had plenty of comments that were at -2 or -3 minutes after posting, and later wound up very high. My best guess is that brand-new comments get their first votes from the "[new] comments" section, which encourages people to vote based on first impressions rather than context or content, and then later get voted up by more thoughtful readers. Also, people are more likely to vote up a decent-but-not-great comment that is showing as grey to them. I voted up your original comment, actually. Microsoft has a long history of flat-out lying; they have been getting better in recent years, but they haven't earned unquestioning trust. I downvoted your other comments because you're being whiny and petulant and paranoid for no good reason.
- angry-hacker 10y ago
  This is not reddit. Read the rules and stop whining about your downvotes.