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Also, don't let downvotes discourage you. It's an experience to get a downvote on HN. Just try figure out why, a lot of the time it's unwarranted, a lot of the

by lachyg 16y ago

Also, don't let downvotes discourage you. It's an experience to get a downvote on HN. Just try figure out why, a lot of the time it's unwarranted, a lot of the time it isn't. Learn from it as Mz says ;)

Mz 16y ago
And keep in mind that some downvotes are just a slip of the finger. I occasionally ask for feedback if I find it too baffling. I don't bother if I knew the odds were good that my sense of humor was leading me astray but I just had to say it anyway. :-P
- Kilimanjaro 16y ago
  Oh absolutely, many times I've wrongly downvoted people, specially while using the iPad. I wish HN had a reddit like voting system, where you can downvote, oops, corrected, upvote without fear.
dstein 16y ago
Downvotes are often from people who disagree with you, without being able to articulate why.
- edanm 16y ago
  Honestly, I think that's the minority case here. I've rarely seen comments go to 0 or lower unless they were "objectively" bad, e.g. weren't interesting, were insulting, etc.
  - nkassis 16y ago
    you forgot to mention smart ass remarks or lame attempts at humor. That's an easy way to get down voted. I've seen down votes also for opinions which go against the grain but those are rare, if you down vote something like that, at least post a reply. Be polite, reread your post (I don't always do it) and bring something new.
  - _delirium 16y ago
    I have temporarily, though you're right that it's uncommon for it to persist. I've quite often posted an opinion that was against the dominant opinion being expressed in a thread (with the person I was disagreeing with voted up to +10 or whatever), and got instantly voted down to a 0 or -1 score. But usually people will notice and upvote those back up again, at least into positive territory. Of course some of those early downvotes might have been the notorious slipped-finger-downvoting instead (esp. on mobile devices), so hard to tell if it was really due to disagreement.

by lachyg 16y ago

Mz 16y ago

And keep in mind that some downvotes are just a slip of the finger. I occasionally ask for feedback if I find it too baffling. I don't bother if I knew the odds were good that my sense of humor was leading me astray but I just had to say it anyway. :-P

Kilimanjaro 16y ago
Oh absolutely, many times I've wrongly downvoted people, specially while using the iPad. I wish HN had a reddit like voting system, where you can downvote, oops, corrected, upvote without fear.

dstein 16y ago

Downvotes are often from people who disagree with you, without being able to articulate why.

edanm 16y ago
Honestly, I think that's the minority case here. I've rarely seen comments go to 0 or lower unless they were "objectively" bad, e.g. weren't interesting, were insulting, etc.
- nkassis 16y ago
  you forgot to mention smart ass remarks or lame attempts at humor. That's an easy way to get down voted. I've seen down votes also for opinions which go against the grain but those are rare, if you down vote something like that, at least post a reply. Be polite, reread your post (I don't always do it) and bring something new.
- _delirium 16y ago
  I have temporarily, though you're right that it's uncommon for it to persist. I've quite often posted an opinion that was against the dominant opinion being expressed in a thread (with the person I was disagreeing with voted up to +10 or whatever), and got instantly voted down to a 0 or -1 score. But usually people will notice and upvote those back up again, at least into positive territory. Of course some of those early downvotes might have been the notorious slipped-finger-downvoting instead (esp. on mobile devices), so hard to tell if it was really due to disagreement.