2 ms·

FYI I opened the tab when your comment was in its original un-edited state and when I hit reply your edit wasn't there yet. From your original comment: Also,

FYI I opened the tab when your comment was in its original un-edited state and when I hit reply your edit wasn't there yet. From your original comment: Also, you're off-topic so no point complaining about the downvotes, and didn't you make it so that you no longer saw whether or not you were downvoted? This is a response to my edit. I get that we probably did the whole whoops-didn't-see-the-edit a little bit, but c'mon, my comment stayed identical in substance the whole time it was posted. I think I added a sentence at the end a few minutes after it was posted, then the "EDIT:" part about an hour later. Why don't we kiss and make up? I promise to engage with you in good faith if you do the same.

jacquesm 9y ago
Yes, I can edit too, which I usually do if a comment has changed and I see that change after I submit. You're reading way too much into this.
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  Ok mods (and audience), I'm sorry for this tedious subthread. I'm going to try extra hard not to mention downvotes anymore. As for you, I don't know what the deal is, but if you feel like attacking me in the future please understand my comment first. EDIT: Okay, listen. The reaction was to this part: "but you have to at least make a minimal effort to understand how the whole thing works and what the abuse potential is for your suggestions." That felt like a personal swipe, combined with the rest of the comment that read as "hey you're offtopic and didn't you write a script to hide downvotes anyway." It felt like that was written solely to put me on the defensive. So -- principle of charity -- I'd rather assume that this was all a miscommunication rather than malicious. The spat is tedious, I like your writing, so for the second time here is an olive branch.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    > Not all of us have a blog and an HN army to upvote our weekly motivational posts to funnel views to our consulting business. Who started the attack here? That was an asshole comment. I don't have an army to upvote my posts and I don't funnel views to my consulting business. I've NEVER had any paid work through HN.

jacquesm 9y ago

Yes, I can edit too, which I usually do if a comment has changed and I see that change after I submit. You're reading way too much into this.

sillysaurus3 9y ago
Ok mods (and audience), I'm sorry for this tedious subthread. I'm going to try extra hard not to mention downvotes anymore. As for you, I don't know what the deal is, but if you feel like attacking me in the future please understand my comment first. EDIT: Okay, listen. The reaction was to this part: "but you have to at least make a minimal effort to understand how the whole thing works and what the abuse potential is for your suggestions." That felt like a personal swipe, combined with the rest of the comment that read as "hey you're offtopic and didn't you write a script to hide downvotes anyway." It felt like that was written solely to put me on the defensive. So -- principle of charity -- I'd rather assume that this was all a miscommunication rather than malicious. The spat is tedious, I like your writing, so for the second time here is an olive branch.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  > Not all of us have a blog and an HN army to upvote our weekly motivational posts to funnel views to our consulting business. Who started the attack here? That was an asshole comment. I don't have an army to upvote my posts and I don't funnel views to my consulting business. I've NEVER had any paid work through HN.