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Thanks. Yes feedback is always welcome. I was just hoping to get some more quantitave discussions beyond up/down. Is there a particular particular the guidelin

• brudgers 9y ago
  My memory may be wrong, but I think the guidelines once said something about comments like "This!" and "+1" and not to sign them with your name. If it did and the guidelines have been changed it is perhaps because those things have become less of an issue over the years...or I am just imagining things. Anyway, comments like "This!" and such will tend to attract downvotes because they add nothing to the conversation...if it's "This!" use the up arrow. That's the way the community operates. As for meta-discussions, they are generally less intellectually interesting than what gets submitted. Popular meta-discussions occur from time to time, but it limiting them helps keep Hack News from focusing inward and backward (in time) too much. [Edit: Per the Wayback Machine, it looks like I am probably wrong about the guidelines including don't do "This!" and "+1". I guess it has just been an unwritten rule of the community.]
  • matt_the_bass 9y ago
    Thanks for the thorough follow up.