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I provide an explanation for why I'm not reading it, and you vote me down. Remarkable.

• avip 9y ago
  It's very healthy to read things we don't relate to. This is sometimes referred to as "learning".
  • nutherforgot 9y ago
    You're going to learn from something based on a false premise?
  • nutherforgot 9y ago
    "I read the article and thought it was generally vapid." -- somewhere above. Learning. Feels like I'm on Limitless.
• Momquist 9y ago
  Since you are new to HN, you may not know this, but it is considered poor form to complain about being downvoted. And more often than not, it invites even more downvotes as a result. From the HN Guidelines (which I recommend reading): > 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 If it bothers you this much, you're better off deleting your comment.
  • nutherforgot 9y ago
    I'm not new, I've had countless accounts over the years, about a decade longer than you, with complete disinterest in being gamified, a different account on each browser on each device. You get excited about karma if you like. The complaint wasn't about being downvoted, it was about the people who do it with a complete lack of rationality, or consistency if you look at the other comments. Some threads attract intelligent people, some threads... bless. I've always considered HN downvoting to be broken, and will complain about it as much as I like. Guidelines are for children and idiots; I've lived long enough to know how to behave without some valley kid's views. Delete it for what? Flag it if you want - I've seen far more stupid flags than that.