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> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. FYI, want to start off with that to help indicate the
by jsjohnst 9y ago
> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
FYI, want to start off with that to help indicate the likely reason for any downvotes you got on this post.
> One thing for sure is that a lot of people downvote based on disagreement rather than a comment's quality - which in my opinion is not right
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it doesn’t make it any more valid than other’s and doesn’t make it a fact either.
> (and I think against the intent of a downvote)
@Dang has said on multiple occasions that the intent wasn’t as you are assuming. Apologies I don’t have a link handy at the moment.
- thinkloop 9y ago> FYI, want to start off with that to help indicate the likely reason for any downvotes you got on this post. Thanks, I did know the price, no problem. > @Dang has said on multiple occasions that the intent wasn’t as you are assuming. Apologies I don’t have a link handy at the moment. I would be curious to read dang's opinion on this if anyone has it, it's not in the guidelines. > Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it doesn’t make it any more valid than other’s and doesn’t make it a fact either. Yes, that is the definition of an opinion.
- grzm 9y ago> "I would be curious to read dang's opinion on this if anyone has it, it's not in the guidelines." https://hn.algolia.com/?query=author:dang%20downvote&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=author:dang%20downvote&sort=by... A couple of the more recent comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16569778#16574021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16569778#16574021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16336937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16336937