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Personally I find it amusing that the 0-signal comment "Thanks for all dang" is upvoted while the opposite 0-signal comment "Thanks for nothing dang" is downvot
by aftbit 6y ago
Personally I find it amusing that the 0-signal comment "Thanks for all dang" is upvoted while the opposite 0-signal comment "Thanks for nothing dang" is downvoted. I mean, I think dang is chill, but neither of these really contributes to the discussion any more than the other, so shouldn't they have the same score? Upvotes really are a popularity contest these days.
- saagarjha 6y agoIt's not clear what the votes are. However, the latter was written by someone who has banned for what appears to be their habit of leaving low-value comments.
- michaelcampbell 6y agoAlways have been.
- dang 6y agoThis was addressed by pg over a decade ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html 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. If you think in terms of what's good/bad for community it may make more sense. (I hope it's clear this applies whether or not the mods were mentioned in either a positive or negative way.)
- thedufer 6y agoThe negative comment is from a hellbanned account (which is, frankly, unsurprising). It's not even possible to downvote it, as far as I can tell, due to being DOA.