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If you really think Microsoft cares so much what score your comments get on HN that they are paying people to downvote you, you need to take a deep breath and r
by chc 10y ago
If you really think Microsoft cares so much what score your comments get on HN that they are paying people to downvote you, you need to take a deep breath and regain some objectivity. Your comment was downvoted because it was rude and confrontational.
People post things on HN all the time that criticize Microsoft without getting downvoted — because they do it without antagonizing other HN users.
- hristov 10y agoI think my comment was not rude but merely common sense. If I see a commercial for laundry detergent on TV and they compare their product with another laundry detergent, the company doing the advertising will surely have a description of the exact method of testing they used. I am not sure why microsoft should be held to a lower standard. Anyways, to perform my own little test, I re-wrote my post in an overwhelmingly nice way, and still got downvoted. So, no, it does not seem that the comment was downvoted for being rude.
- gradstudent 10y ago> Your comment was downvoted because it was rude and confrontational. I didn't read that at all. The situation, as it stands, involves claims and counterclaims and only one side of the argument appears as third-party verifiable. It's only natural to question why an apparent rebuttal from Microsoft doesn't come with any transparency (again!) IMO, down voting the GP for pointing this out is bullshit.