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The noise category assumption is a fair one. "Work harder" is a vague recommendation. Are there more specific recommendations you could make? No, a discussion
by bpyne 16y ago
The noise category assumption is a fair one. "Work harder" is a vague recommendation. Are there more specific recommendations you could make?
No, a discussion would create noise, which would not be valuable for the HN community. A voluntary, anonymous, tip about what made the downvoted comment noise would be more than sufficient. To avoid it becoming a discussion, no reply would be allowed. (Just to throw a half-baked idea out.)
Downvotes could easily become learning exercises that boost the comment quality over time.
- swolchok 16y agoThe noise category assumption is a fair one. "Work harder" is a vague recommendation. Are there more specific recommendations you could make? Don't post just because you can. Don't echo comments others have made. Don't post "obligatory" comments or content-free Reddit memes. Say something meaningful that is not immediately obvious. Don't treat post writing as an exercise in upvotability optimization.