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The original comment by 'egdod referenced by 'superkuh was not constructive (likely the reason it was downvoted/flagged). 'superkuh could very well have been d

by grzm 7y ago

The original comment by 'egdod referenced by 'superkuh was not constructive (likely the reason it was downvoted/flagged). 'superkuh could very well have been downvoted for commenting on downvotes contrary to the guidelines, rather than for anything about the other content (which otherwise looks fine). > 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 The guideline is there specifically to prevent threads like this, devolving into meta discussion rather than focussing on the submission. Post constructive comments, (silently) give compensatory upvotes to those you think are wrongly downvoted, and move along.

TravHatesMe 7y ago
Thanks for pointing that out, I will refrain from comments like these in the future. It just becomes frustrating to see this pattern of behavior and how pronounced it has become. I frequently disagree with comments but they often generate good discussion. This is how we all get smarter. Instead, the potential is deterred by downvotes.
- Stratoscope 7y ago
  At the risk of continuing this meta discussion, I would have flagged that comment too, but not for any disagreement about whether JavaScript should be avoided. Many of us have family members fighting cancer, and there are cancer patients and survivors reading HN. I don't think a casual statement equating that terrible disease with a mere programming language is appropriate here or in any public forum. By way of contrast, I would have upvoted a comment like this: I avoid JavaScript whenever I can. I feel safer that way. I use FooBlock Organic to selectively whitelist JavaScript for sites that need it and that I trust. I recognize the irony of using a browser extension which is itself written in JavaScript, but it's open source and I've reviewed the source code carefully. I even contributed some patches to make it easier to use.

by grzm 7y ago

TravHatesMe 7y ago

Thanks for pointing that out, I will refrain from comments like these in the future. It just becomes frustrating to see this pattern of behavior and how pronounced it has become. I frequently disagree with comments but they often generate good discussion. This is how we all get smarter. Instead, the potential is deterred by downvotes.

Stratoscope 7y ago
At the risk of continuing this meta discussion, I would have flagged that comment too, but not for any disagreement about whether JavaScript should be avoided. Many of us have family members fighting cancer, and there are cancer patients and survivors reading HN. I don't think a casual statement equating that terrible disease with a mere programming language is appropriate here or in any public forum. By way of contrast, I would have upvoted a comment like this: I avoid JavaScript whenever I can. I feel safer that way. I use FooBlock Organic to selectively whitelist JavaScript for sites that need it and that I trust. I recognize the irony of using a browser extension which is itself written in JavaScript, but it's open source and I've reviewed the source code carefully. I even contributed some patches to make it easier to use.