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Why is this downvoted? It's true.

grzm 9y ago
The site guidelines ask > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I don't have any insight as to why this particular comment was down voted. (Edit to add: I suspect it was down voted because it misquotes the source material.) If it's something you're really interested in looking into more in general, I suggest searching HN for other discussions on votes and taking some more time to think about what might cause someone to down vote, whether you agree with the possible reason or not. As an aside, just because a comment is true doesn't mean it's somehow immune to down votes. Comments in general should be civil and constructive.
- manyhands 9y ago
  My question was entirely rhetorical. I thought it important to clarify that the post was factually correct, and one should not take its font color as an indication otherwise, even though that is usually a sensible assumption regarding downvoted posts that are simple statements of fact. Incidentally, when did HN guidelines start privileging entertainment value? That is certainly at odds with what I consider the spirit of this community to be.
  - mirimir 9y ago
    Well, it's clear that he died of cyanide poisoning. It's been thought that he committed suicide. It's arguable that UK authorities are responsible for that, given his prosecution for homosexuality, and court-ordered estrogen therapy to reduce his sex drive. Some have further suggested that British Security Services assassinated him.[0,1] Rudy Rucker features that theory in Turing & Burroughs, but has Turing survive. Roger Bristow argued that the FBI assassinated him.[2] I don't believe that any clear evidence has been revealed. 0) http://mentalfloss.com/article/64049/did-alan-turing-inspire-apple-logo http://mentalfloss.com/article/64049/did-alan-turing-inspire... 1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530751/Security-services-killed-code-breaker-Alan-Turing-gay-claims-campaigner-Peter-Tatchell.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530751/Security-ser... 2) https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/was-alan-turing-murdered-author-roger-bristow-says-yes.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/was-alan-turin...

grzm 9y ago

The site guidelines ask > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I don't have any insight as to why this particular comment was down voted. (Edit to add: I suspect it was down voted because it misquotes the source material.) If it's something you're really interested in looking into more in general, I suggest searching HN for other discussions on votes and taking some more time to think about what might cause someone to down vote, whether you agree with the possible reason or not. As an aside, just because a comment is true doesn't mean it's somehow immune to down votes. Comments in general should be civil and constructive.

manyhands 9y ago
My question was entirely rhetorical. I thought it important to clarify that the post was factually correct, and one should not take its font color as an indication otherwise, even though that is usually a sensible assumption regarding downvoted posts that are simple statements of fact. Incidentally, when did HN guidelines start privileging entertainment value? That is certainly at odds with what I consider the spirit of this community to be.
- mirimir 9y ago
  Well, it's clear that he died of cyanide poisoning. It's been thought that he committed suicide. It's arguable that UK authorities are responsible for that, given his prosecution for homosexuality, and court-ordered estrogen therapy to reduce his sex drive. Some have further suggested that British Security Services assassinated him.[0,1] Rudy Rucker features that theory in Turing & Burroughs, but has Turing survive. Roger Bristow argued that the FBI assassinated him.[2] I don't believe that any clear evidence has been revealed. 0) http://mentalfloss.com/article/64049/did-alan-turing-inspire-apple-logo http://mentalfloss.com/article/64049/did-alan-turing-inspire... 1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530751/Security-services-killed-code-breaker-Alan-Turing-gay-claims-campaigner-Peter-Tatchell.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530751/Security-ser... 2) https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/was-alan-turing-murdered-author-roger-bristow-says-yes.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/was-alan-turin...