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>How on earth does this post have this many upvotes? A silent majority? There may be more people than you think who generally agree with the author's thesis an

>How on earth does this post have this many upvotes? A silent majority? There may be more people than you think who generally agree with the author's thesis and this strikes you as perplexing because you hold a different view.

hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
> A silent majority? Highly doubtful as HN doesn't have downvotes on stories. Given the comment threads, I find it much more likely that a small minority of folks with a similarly curmudgeonly outlook as the author upvoted the story, and the majority is calling out the author on his BS.
- Nicksil 6y ago
  >Highly doubtful as HN doesn't have downvotes on stories. Given the comment threads, I find it much more likely that a small minority of folks with a similarly curmudgeonly outlook as the author upvoted the story, and the majority is calling out the author on his BS. Well that's just it, isn't it? The silent majority would be silent -- they would not be those commenting.
  - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
    Lol, so your argument is the silent majority is doing the upvoting on the story but for some reason a different silent majority is upvoting the comments in these threads.
    - Nicksil 6y ago
      >Lol, so your argument is the silent majority is doing the upvoting on the story but for some reason a different silent majority is upvoting the comments in these threads. No, that isn't my argument. My argument makes no mention of comment voting.
intrasight 6y ago
I, for one, totally agree with the author's thesis. Those of you like me who were building industrial and military software in that era know what I'm talking about. The web, and JavaScript, etc. and even windowing systems were a huge step backwards in terms of software productivity. Those of you who were programming nuclear power plants, battle ships, air traffic control systems, etc. please weight in and tell me if you disagree. Those who didn't - I'm honestly not interested in your opinion.

hn_throwaway_99 6y ago

> A silent majority? Highly doubtful as HN doesn't have downvotes on stories. Given the comment threads, I find it much more likely that a small minority of folks with a similarly curmudgeonly outlook as the author upvoted the story, and the majority is calling out the author on his BS.

Nicksil 6y ago
>Highly doubtful as HN doesn't have downvotes on stories. Given the comment threads, I find it much more likely that a small minority of folks with a similarly curmudgeonly outlook as the author upvoted the story, and the majority is calling out the author on his BS. Well that's just it, isn't it? The silent majority would be silent -- they would not be those commenting.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
  Lol, so your argument is the silent majority is doing the upvoting on the story but for some reason a different silent majority is upvoting the comments in these threads.
  - Nicksil 6y ago
    >Lol, so your argument is the silent majority is doing the upvoting on the story but for some reason a different silent majority is upvoting the comments in these threads. No, that isn't my argument. My argument makes no mention of comment voting.

intrasight 6y ago

I, for one, totally agree with the author's thesis. Those of you like me who were building industrial and military software in that era know what I'm talking about. The web, and JavaScript, etc. and even windowing systems were a huge step backwards in terms of software productivity. Those of you who were programming nuclear power plants, battle ships, air traffic control systems, etc. please weight in and tell me if you disagree. Those who didn't - I'm honestly not interested in your opinion.