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Just for the record, I commented about the downvotes before receiving any downvotes. Mainly because I knew that people have trouble understanding that outrage
by labster 10y ago
Just for the record, I commented about the downvotes before receiving any downvotes. Mainly because I knew that people have trouble understanding that outrage is a part of civilized discussion -- and that making villains out of animals and humans relies on the same logical fallacies.
The only bit in the policy that you linked to is "Avoid gratuitous negativity." Is that the bit that applied here?
- dang 10y ago> Is that the bit that applied here? That and "please be civil". Naming the environment minister after the country's worst mass murderer is so uncivil that I'm surprised we have to have this conversation. We're not interested in political rants on HN, so please refrain from practicing that genre on this site. > I commented about the downvotes before receiving any downvotes "Before you downvote, <rhetorical point here>" is just another variation of downvote-baiting, which the site guidelines ask you not to do. Going on about downvotes is in general a reliable marker of a bad comment. As the guidelines say, it does no good and makes boring reading.
- labster 10y agoFair enough. I don't agree with any of the logic in the first part of your reply, but it's your website. The second point is right on the nose, though.