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Every comment I read that was enough of a waste of my time gets a downvote, including factually true statements made with the best of intentions. There are est
by arjie 10y ago
Every comment I read that was enough of a waste of my time gets a downvote, including factually true statements made with the best of intentions.
There are established norms that downvoting is not just for the cases you mentioned: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171.
I'm not going to sit here through the fifteenth iteration of BSD v GPL even if the arguments are cogent and civil.
- rootlocus 10y agoYour comment was definitely a waste of my time (I didn't gain anything from reading it) so by your standards I should downvote you. > I'm not going to sit here through the fifteenth iteration of BSD v GPL even if the arguments are cogent and civil. No, you're carefully going to read them (to make sure they're "enough of a waste of my time") and then downvote them, because it's clearly a great way to spend your precious time.
- arjie 10y ago> Your comment was definitely a waste of my time (I didn't gain anything from reading it) so by your standards I should downvote you. Yes.