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"I hope those who read this don't downvote because they, like me, disagree with you. Voting on comments is about pushing productive conversation to the top. I,

• thomastjeffery 9y ago
  > when the same poor arguments are used time and again, it stops being productive. That's true, but the same can be said about most comments in favor of keeping net neutrality (unless they bring something new to the conversation). I wanted to seek out discussion from those who do not share my opinion, rather than simple affirmation of my opinion. Then again, maybe there really is nothing for them to say. That being said, I probably shouldn't have mentioned downvotes in the first place. I suppose this (from the hackernews guidelines) should apply to others' downvotes too: > Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. EDIT: I just noticed my ambiguous usage of "read". I meant it in past tense, not present. Therefore, that sentence was in referral to the parent comment being downvoted, not my own comment. I hope that is clear now.
  • dredmorbius 9y ago
    So long as the arguments in favour are themselves sensible, there's no hazard to repeating the truth. As for downvoting: I generally don't comment on how my own comments get moderated, but if I feel that the Hive Mind is responding poorly to something specific, I may well mention it. Not often, but where it seems particularly pointed. Generally not, however, preemptively. That's a bit too close to baiting.