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Why the downvote? Guy is a well known statistician pointing out some statistical flaws in the study...
by letitgo12345 9y ago
Why the downvote? Guy is a well known statistician pointing out some statistical flaws in the study...
- neogodless 9y agoThe first rule of Hacker News is that you don't talk about downvotes. But I'd like to educate you, so here goes. While I didn't personally vote you down, I can absolutely make a guess why. You posted a URL (a Twitter one, no less) with absolutely zero context at all. You didn't say "Here's what [well known statistician] has to say about this study." You also pointed to the Tweet, rather than the article (or in this case, more specifically, the recent update to an already existing article) that the statistician Tweeted about. You left all the work up to the reader (two clicks and a bunch of reading before they know why you posted a nondescript URL). Why should anyone click on a URL to a Tweet without context? They shouldn't, which means that the URL adds no value to the conversation, which means the comment gets voted down.
- mikestew 9y agoneogodless got it right. I didn’t downvote your particular comment, but I often downvote similar ones that effectively say, “I have no counter argument, so read this random link that’s probably some wackadoodle conspiracy theory, but I’ll give you absolutely no context to signal ‘wackadoodle’ from ‘reasonable argument’.” If you have something to say, say it. Don’t just barf up a link to $DEITY knows where. IOW, don’t be lazy with your comments.