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>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
by 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 agoLol, 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.