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You don't have to delete your comment, it's nothing to be ashamed of. The angular versioning situation is really not that simple. And you are right, the ReadMe

You don't have to delete your comment, it's nothing to be ashamed of. The angular versioning situation is really not that simple. And you are right, the ReadMe likely should say Angular 5 and not Angular 2.

paradite 9y ago
For some reason I am getting downvoted quite heavily for it so I thought deleting it might stop that. But apparently now it is just getting more downvotes. Oh well.
- dopamean 9y ago
  Why do you care?
  - paradite 9y ago
    I don't know about you but I do feel really bad when I get downvoted, especially when I don't understand why and have no way to find out.
    - k__ 9y ago
      Isn't there a maximum of 4 downvotes?
    - codingdave 9y ago
      I wouldn't worry so much about it. This is an opinionated group, and having a different opinion is sometimes not taken well, but it is good to challenge the status quo, and good to not be part of groupthink. If you stand by what you said, take your downvotes with pride. On the other hand, claiming something that isn't true, or being flippant or not contributing to the conversation will also result in downvotes. And those are probably a good guide of how to adjust your communication style to work better within the group. I have no idea what your original comment was, so I don't know which of those scenarios is the case here.
    - fapjacks 9y ago
      If the points and resultant behavior shaping really get you down, check out this stupid simple Chrome extension: https://github.com/fapjacks/antihnbs https://github.com/fapjacks/antihnbs All visible point totals become 1, and all shades of grey become black.
  - reificator 9y ago
    Human beings are hardwired to feel an aversion to social rejection. Downvotes are anonymous social rejection at scale without the standard feedback loop that allows people to recover and save face.
    - derekp7 9y ago
      I agree, however the fear of downvotes (however irrational that fear may or may not be in an online forum) does cause me to stop and think of how many different ways a comment can be perceived. The result is that if a comment contains anything negative, I'll reword it as much as possible so that it can be expressed without causing a feeling of negativity in the reader. Which, by the way, has made me a better communicator overall, and has really helped out in my career. Edit: I'd also like to see a voting system where people get rewarded for upvoting, and have to make a sacrifice to downvote. For example, if you upvote a comment that others also upvote, you get positive karma, and negative votes can cost you karma.
  - landryraccoon 9y ago
    Isn’t the quality of a platform with upvoting and downvoting predicated on the assumption people care? If the upvote/downvote signal doesn’t matter, then there’s no incentive to produce quality content that (hopefully) gets upvoted, and there’s no point to having those voting buttons anyway.

paradite 9y ago

For some reason I am getting downvoted quite heavily for it so I thought deleting it might stop that. But apparently now it is just getting more downvotes. Oh well.

dopamean 9y ago
Why do you care?
- paradite 9y ago
  I don't know about you but I do feel really bad when I get downvoted, especially when I don't understand why and have no way to find out.
  - k__ 9y ago
    Isn't there a maximum of 4 downvotes?
  - codingdave 9y ago
    I wouldn't worry so much about it. This is an opinionated group, and having a different opinion is sometimes not taken well, but it is good to challenge the status quo, and good to not be part of groupthink. If you stand by what you said, take your downvotes with pride. On the other hand, claiming something that isn't true, or being flippant or not contributing to the conversation will also result in downvotes. And those are probably a good guide of how to adjust your communication style to work better within the group. I have no idea what your original comment was, so I don't know which of those scenarios is the case here.
  - fapjacks 9y ago
    If the points and resultant behavior shaping really get you down, check out this stupid simple Chrome extension: https://github.com/fapjacks/antihnbs https://github.com/fapjacks/antihnbs All visible point totals become 1, and all shades of grey become black.
- reificator 9y ago
  Human beings are hardwired to feel an aversion to social rejection. Downvotes are anonymous social rejection at scale without the standard feedback loop that allows people to recover and save face.
  - derekp7 9y ago
    I agree, however the fear of downvotes (however irrational that fear may or may not be in an online forum) does cause me to stop and think of how many different ways a comment can be perceived. The result is that if a comment contains anything negative, I'll reword it as much as possible so that it can be expressed without causing a feeling of negativity in the reader. Which, by the way, has made me a better communicator overall, and has really helped out in my career. Edit: I'd also like to see a voting system where people get rewarded for upvoting, and have to make a sacrifice to downvote. For example, if you upvote a comment that others also upvote, you get positive karma, and negative votes can cost you karma.
- landryraccoon 9y ago
  Isn’t the quality of a platform with upvoting and downvoting predicated on the assumption people care? If the upvote/downvote signal doesn’t matter, then there’s no incentive to produce quality content that (hopefully) gets upvoted, and there’s no point to having those voting buttons anyway.