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I think you're being down-voted because your comment doesn't really add anything to the discussion at hand.

kebman 6y ago
Oh, to this site punishes people for adding a positive remark. Great... I'll keep that in mind then. Anyway, thanks for letting me know!
- Dylan16807 6y ago
  Just being positive and nothing else is what the upvote button is for. And turning your comment slightly gray is not really a punishment.
  - tomhoward 6y ago
    Positive, supportive comments have always been welcome on HN.
    - Dylan16807 6y ago
      Being positive and supportive is a good quality, but it is not enough to make a comment good. Comments are supposed to have thought and substance too. Shallow praise is better than a shallow dismissal, but not by enough.
      - tomhoward 6y ago
        I'm pretty sure I've seen dang or pg say that quick, low-effort comments that express enthusiasm for a comment or post are fine (whereas low-effort, drive-by dismissals are very much not fine). I've tried searching but it's not obvious what search terms would turn up such a comment. But I hope my recollection about that is right. Yes we want comments to be substantive in general, but we don't want to be surly or even Grinch-like when someone is just expressing excitement and affirmation for someone else's contribution. I'm sure that's not what pg or dang would want here.
      - dang 6y ago
        That's too harsh, and not in the spirit of the site. Right from the beginning, pg made this distinction: Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just "Thanks." What we especially discourage are comments that are empty and negative—comments that are mere name-calling. https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22empty%20comments%22%20positive&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Oh, to this site punishes people for adding a positive remark. Great... I'll keep that in mind then. Anyway, thanks for letting me know!

Dylan16807 6y ago
Just being positive and nothing else is what the upvote button is for. And turning your comment slightly gray is not really a punishment.
- tomhoward 6y ago
  Positive, supportive comments have always been welcome on HN.
  - Dylan16807 6y ago
    Being positive and supportive is a good quality, but it is not enough to make a comment good. Comments are supposed to have thought and substance too. Shallow praise is better than a shallow dismissal, but not by enough.
    - tomhoward 6y ago
      I'm pretty sure I've seen dang or pg say that quick, low-effort comments that express enthusiasm for a comment or post are fine (whereas low-effort, drive-by dismissals are very much not fine). I've tried searching but it's not obvious what search terms would turn up such a comment. But I hope my recollection about that is right. Yes we want comments to be substantive in general, but we don't want to be surly or even Grinch-like when someone is just expressing excitement and affirmation for someone else's contribution. I'm sure that's not what pg or dang would want here.
    - dang 6y ago
      That's too harsh, and not in the spirit of the site. Right from the beginning, pg made this distinction: Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just "Thanks." What we especially discourage are comments that are empty and negative—comments that are mere name-calling. https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22empty%20comments%22%20positive&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...