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First rule of HN: do not talk about downvoting. Second rule of HN: you get the idea....

• notheguyouthink 9y ago
  Well more explicitly, I don't give a shit about downvoting - but why someone downvotes is very important. Eg, if someone writes a long well thought out post, full of information, and is down voted heavily - should we not question it? It seems the HN mantra is "well the masses have spoken, best not to question them". I don't give a damn about someones magic internet points, but what I'm being told is I cannot try and prompt actual discussion? I just have to remain dumb about something I'm missing, because that's what a HNer is supposed to do? This seems so wrong :/ Honestly, this seems like an above (not by you exactly) of the root idea. By all means, don't talk about down votes, but I wasn't - I was talking about the content, that others apparently did not find worthy. Why was it not worthy? Why is it a good rule to not understand why things aren't worthy? Again, I'm not talking about magic internet numbers, I'm talking about content - yet we're not allowed to do that either. Wtf?
  • philbarr 9y ago
    I totally agree with you. But every time I raise this as an idea I get downvoted :) I can only assume everyone else is perfectly fine with it - except yours is not the first post I've seen like this.