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Edit: I made a comment inappropriate for HN.

by SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago

ovao 9y ago
I don't think there's any particular shortage of news outlets covering the bad side(s) of the Trump administration.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
  Not with the kiddy gloves off there isn't.
  - ovao 9y ago
    Maybe I don't understand what that means in this context. Why is making crude jokes more useful/effective/beneficial than reporting on issues and having mature discussions about those issues?
    - GeneralMayhem 9y ago
      To have a mature discussion with an emotionally challenged child is to give him way more validation than he deserves.
blackflame7000 9y ago
So bullying is ok as long as you are on the 'right' side? Also as an aside, you are aware that a moron would view a genius as a moron right? A moron wouldn't understand the genius and thus dismiss him as a moron. A moron would only find other morons to be geniuses.
- Meditato 9y ago
  What, satire and jokes about corrupt power structures are "bullying"? So what would you call what Trump says from his Twitter account on a daily basis? Go away you partisan hack
  - dang 9y ago
    We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the HN guidelines.
    - blackflame7000 9y ago
      If possible could you tell me if i have been moderated? I lost 13 karma overnight and I am curious if my comments in the past 24 hours were in violation of forum policy. It feels as if ive been vindictively downvoted which as a relative newcomer is discouraging
      - grzm 9y ago
        Looking at the comments you've posted recently, a couple of them have been flagged, and a couple others have been downvoted (based on seeing that they're various shades of gray). https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=blackflame7000 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=blackflame7000 They're all under this same submission, which is quite politically charged, which increases the likelihood that comments will be downvoted or flagged by HN members. I doubt you were moderated in the sense that the mods ('dang and 'sctb) did anything. I suspect it's all user action. Members downvote for all kinds of reasons (and vindictiveness can unfortunately be one of them). If you're concerned about downvotes, I recommend steering clear of politics on HN. While HN can be a great place for constructive discussion, some topics can be very difficult to discuss constructively and civilly. I hope this isn't not too discouraging. When I'm downvoted, I step back and try to determine why, keeping in mind the context and forum. Could I have phrased things better? Was I on-topic? Did I add meaningfully to the discussion? Was I writing from a position of trying to understand and be understood? Was I giving others in the discussion the benefit of the most charitable reading of their comments? If I honestly feel I did everything I could, then I chalk it up to someone downvoting for reasons I couldn't do anything about other than not commenting at all, and let it be.
        blackflame7000 9y ago
        Very appreciative of you taking the time to look into my situation and help me see the error of my ways. I was just shocked when posts that were at +5 suddenly were at -1. Its just kind of frustrating to have the karma of quality posts on hackernews centric material erased because someone has a different political view on a random political article. Best avoid posting on them altogether I suppose
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Edit: I made a comment inappropriate for HN.

ovao 9y ago

I don't think there's any particular shortage of news outlets covering the bad side(s) of the Trump administration.

SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
Not with the kiddy gloves off there isn't.
- ovao 9y ago
  Maybe I don't understand what that means in this context. Why is making crude jokes more useful/effective/beneficial than reporting on issues and having mature discussions about those issues?
  - GeneralMayhem 9y ago
    To have a mature discussion with an emotionally challenged child is to give him way more validation than he deserves.

blackflame7000 9y ago

So bullying is ok as long as you are on the 'right' side? Also as an aside, you are aware that a moron would view a genius as a moron right? A moron wouldn't understand the genius and thus dismiss him as a moron. A moron would only find other morons to be geniuses.

Meditato 9y ago
What, satire and jokes about corrupt power structures are "bullying"? So what would you call what Trump says from his Twitter account on a daily basis? Go away you partisan hack
- dang 9y ago
  We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the HN guidelines.
  - blackflame7000 9y ago
    If possible could you tell me if i have been moderated? I lost 13 karma overnight and I am curious if my comments in the past 24 hours were in violation of forum policy. It feels as if ive been vindictively downvoted which as a relative newcomer is discouraging
    - grzm 9y ago
      Looking at the comments you've posted recently, a couple of them have been flagged, and a couple others have been downvoted (based on seeing that they're various shades of gray). https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=blackflame7000 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=blackflame7000 They're all under this same submission, which is quite politically charged, which increases the likelihood that comments will be downvoted or flagged by HN members. I doubt you were moderated in the sense that the mods ('dang and 'sctb) did anything. I suspect it's all user action. Members downvote for all kinds of reasons (and vindictiveness can unfortunately be one of them). If you're concerned about downvotes, I recommend steering clear of politics on HN. While HN can be a great place for constructive discussion, some topics can be very difficult to discuss constructively and civilly. I hope this isn't not too discouraging. When I'm downvoted, I step back and try to determine why, keeping in mind the context and forum. Could I have phrased things better? Was I on-topic? Did I add meaningfully to the discussion? Was I writing from a position of trying to understand and be understood? Was I giving others in the discussion the benefit of the most charitable reading of their comments? If I honestly feel I did everything I could, then I chalk it up to someone downvoting for reasons I couldn't do anything about other than not commenting at all, and let it be.
      - blackflame7000 9y ago
        Very appreciative of you taking the time to look into my situation and help me see the error of my ways. I was just shocked when posts that were at +5 suddenly were at -1. Its just kind of frustrating to have the karma of quality posts on hackernews centric material erased because someone has a different political view on a random political article. Best avoid posting on them altogether I suppose
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