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I'm not sure why you are being downvoted here. I suspect it's because people are using the down arrow to disagree with you. Whilst I personally don't agree wi

I'm not sure why you are being downvoted here. I suspect it's because people are using the down arrow to disagree with you. Whilst I personally don't agree with your PoV, you raise a perfectly valid point: who is to blame for the heavy-handed treatment of a media outlet (wikileaks). I think it's a great loss that HN has degenerated over the last few years' from a place where you could openly discuss a variety of PoVs in a friendly progressive way, to a place where uncivil rudeness is rewarded and opposing PoV are silenced. I also think it's ironic that in a thread about openness we punish opposing PoVs.

citricsquid 16y ago
It's fine, I don't mind downvotes, I'd just like to know why I'm wrong :-) If someone wants to downvote and point out why I'm an idiot, great!
- throwaway4rant 16y ago
  Hey, very interesting philosophy. I've often self-censored because I hate being downvoted (probably a problem with my psyche). But...I think I might try adopt your philosophy..
  - sausagefeet 16y ago
    Consider it your contrarian score rather than karma points. Lower means you're more contrarian.
  - BrandonM 16y ago
    Downvoted because of throwaway account, not that you care. But I think that points out a silly game that you're playing: 1. Karma is almost meaningless. No one cares what your karma is, and there's effectively no reason that you should care either, yet 2. you seem to rely on your karma score in order to validate yourself in some way, so 3. you create a throwaway account to absorb the negative karma of your controversial comments, even though 4. your throwaway account is still you, so the account's score is still a reflection on you, and yet 5. you somehow convince yourself that your throwaway account's karma "doesn't count" in terms of your self validation, thus 6. your philosophy regarding karma is inconsistent, and you might as well adopt a new philosophy. Just be yourself and contribute from a single account when you have something worthwhile to say, karma be damned. There's no reason to create throwaway accounts or care much about what your "score" on HN is.

citricsquid 16y ago

It's fine, I don't mind downvotes, I'd just like to know why I'm wrong :-) If someone wants to downvote and point out why I'm an idiot, great!

throwaway4rant 16y ago
Hey, very interesting philosophy. I've often self-censored because I hate being downvoted (probably a problem with my psyche). But...I think I might try adopt your philosophy..
- sausagefeet 16y ago
  Consider it your contrarian score rather than karma points. Lower means you're more contrarian.
- BrandonM 16y ago
  Downvoted because of throwaway account, not that you care. But I think that points out a silly game that you're playing: 1. Karma is almost meaningless. No one cares what your karma is, and there's effectively no reason that you should care either, yet 2. you seem to rely on your karma score in order to validate yourself in some way, so 3. you create a throwaway account to absorb the negative karma of your controversial comments, even though 4. your throwaway account is still you, so the account's score is still a reflection on you, and yet 5. you somehow convince yourself that your throwaway account's karma "doesn't count" in terms of your self validation, thus 6. your philosophy regarding karma is inconsistent, and you might as well adopt a new philosophy. Just be yourself and contribute from a single account when you have something worthwhile to say, karma be damned. There's no reason to create throwaway accounts or care much about what your "score" on HN is.