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Interesting to be down-voted for this comment.

by March_f6 7y ago

March_f6 7y ago
Keep em coming.
- deleted 7y ago
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- March_f6 7y ago
  Take me to zero and beyond. Only affirms what a trolling echo chamber any forum can become when a thought is proposed that seems to challenge members of the community (even if only slightly). The number of downvotes is more than the number of actual responses to my post which is what I'm basing this off of. I get it, the down vote is easier and intellectually lazier by comparison.
  - Jedd 7y ago
    > Take me to zero and beyond. Only affirms what a trolling echo chamber any forum can become when a thought is proposed that seems to challenge members of the community (even if only slightly). The number of downvotes is more than the number of actual responses to my post which is what I'm basing this off of. I get it, the down vote is easier and intellectually lazier by comparison. In case it's of interest, my take is that half your comments in this thread are complaints about how the other half of your comments are being treated. It's not clear what kind of response you would expect on HN from a comment 'Keep em coming' -- it's not conducive to constructive discussion, and consequently it's unsurprising you're downvoted without comment. Comments complaining about voting are also typically downvoted (refer the HN guidelines), so again you shouldn't be surprised that those have a high (down)vote to comment ratio.
    - March_f6 7y ago
      Thanks Jedd, this is all super enlightening!
petermcneeley 7y ago
I dont blame James Watt for the exploitation during the Industrial revolution.
- March_f6 7y ago
  Deciding if you're a part of the problem or part of the solution can be done without thinking about blame in any sort of absolute terms. Also, the steam engine and cotton gin are two completely different inventions.
horomeme 7y ago
Honestly Kark Marx himself would downvote that comment.
tlb 7y ago
You might get a better response by saying something constructive, such as how Whitney could have predicted its effect on society given what was known at the time. Because it’s easy to want to have an ethical framework that results in good outcomes for everyone, but predicting outcomes is very hard.
- March_f6 7y ago
  Predicting outcomes is one thing. Putting the two questions: "Should I do something?" and "Can I do something?" on equal footing is another. Maybe don't conflate wishful thinking and foresight. And as far as the statement of a fact being constructive or nonconstructive, maybe don't conflate those things either.

Interesting to be down-voted for this comment.

March_f6 7y ago

Keep em coming.

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March_f6 7y ago
Take me to zero and beyond. Only affirms what a trolling echo chamber any forum can become when a thought is proposed that seems to challenge members of the community (even if only slightly). The number of downvotes is more than the number of actual responses to my post which is what I'm basing this off of. I get it, the down vote is easier and intellectually lazier by comparison.
- Jedd 7y ago
  > Take me to zero and beyond. Only affirms what a trolling echo chamber any forum can become when a thought is proposed that seems to challenge members of the community (even if only slightly). The number of downvotes is more than the number of actual responses to my post which is what I'm basing this off of. I get it, the down vote is easier and intellectually lazier by comparison. In case it's of interest, my take is that half your comments in this thread are complaints about how the other half of your comments are being treated. It's not clear what kind of response you would expect on HN from a comment 'Keep em coming' -- it's not conducive to constructive discussion, and consequently it's unsurprising you're downvoted without comment. Comments complaining about voting are also typically downvoted (refer the HN guidelines), so again you shouldn't be surprised that those have a high (down)vote to comment ratio.
  - March_f6 7y ago
    Thanks Jedd, this is all super enlightening!

petermcneeley 7y ago

I dont blame James Watt for the exploitation during the Industrial revolution.

March_f6 7y ago
Deciding if you're a part of the problem or part of the solution can be done without thinking about blame in any sort of absolute terms. Also, the steam engine and cotton gin are two completely different inventions.

horomeme 7y ago

Honestly Kark Marx himself would downvote that comment.

tlb 7y ago

You might get a better response by saying something constructive, such as how Whitney could have predicted its effect on society given what was known at the time. Because it’s easy to want to have an ethical framework that results in good outcomes for everyone, but predicting outcomes is very hard.

March_f6 7y ago
Predicting outcomes is one thing. Putting the two questions: "Should I do something?" and "Can I do something?" on equal footing is another. Maybe don't conflate wishful thinking and foresight. And as far as the statement of a fact being constructive or nonconstructive, maybe don't conflate those things either.