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I don’t know why you’re being down voted. It’s an interesting idea.

hobs 5y ago
I didnt downvote, but random speculation with no evidence doesn't get upvotes on hacker news; a discussion of things you find interesting that others find baseless with get you downvotes immediately.
- blux 5y ago
  Well, the article sort of requires discussion on what might be happening here, not?
cmeacham98 5y ago
"edit: Downvotes? Really?" is a surefire method of attracting downvotes.
- echelon 5y ago
  I got -4 in downvotes. (-2 before my edit.) I don't know what's going on. I understand when I call out Apple or Google for bad behavior that I can attract downvotes. Sometimes my posts are snarky, and I understand in that case too. But I can point to instances where posts I made days ago were all downvoted in unison. Or completely informational threads where every single one of my comments gets a downvote or two. Just a few days ago I got downvoted the second after I posted a comment. I spotted a typo immediately after submitting, clicked edit, and found myself downvoted before anyone could have possibly even read my comment (it was long). Maybe it was a mis-click -- who knows? But it was great feedback after having just submitted. And in concert with all the other recent downvotes, it's frustrating... I've been sitting at the same "karma" value for months, and I don't think I'm being a bad member of the community. It's more than likely noise, but it's got me rattled. It's not actionable feedback. With the pandemic and lack of social contact with other engineers, and this sort of judgement, I don't like it. I honestly don't think I'm being a nuisance. (And here this comment is with downvotes and no comments. Sigh.)
  - WalterGR 5y ago
    You already got feedback in hobs’s comment. They wrote: “I didnt downvote, but random speculation with no evidence doesn't get upvotes on hacker news; a discussion of things you find interesting that others find baseless with get you downvotes immediately.”
    - ratsmack 5y ago
      Speculation is part of the conversation.
  - ufmace 5y ago
    I upvoted, if nothing else it's a perfectly reasonable comment with an interesting hypothesis. HN karma is a little weird. IMO, if you've never been downvoted to -4, then you've never said anything really interesting. It's easy to just tell the crowd what they want to hear, saying true and important things doesn't always go down so well. Don't sweat it too hard. Sometimes posts do acquire downvotes at suspicious times and rates. Makes me wonder if some external orgs managed to build downvote bots for HN or are directing voting somehow.

hobs 5y ago

I didnt downvote, but random speculation with no evidence doesn't get upvotes on hacker news; a discussion of things you find interesting that others find baseless with get you downvotes immediately.

blux 5y ago
Well, the article sort of requires discussion on what might be happening here, not?

cmeacham98 5y ago

"edit: Downvotes? Really?" is a surefire method of attracting downvotes.

echelon 5y ago
I got -4 in downvotes. (-2 before my edit.) I don't know what's going on. I understand when I call out Apple or Google for bad behavior that I can attract downvotes. Sometimes my posts are snarky, and I understand in that case too. But I can point to instances where posts I made days ago were all downvoted in unison. Or completely informational threads where every single one of my comments gets a downvote or two. Just a few days ago I got downvoted the second after I posted a comment. I spotted a typo immediately after submitting, clicked edit, and found myself downvoted before anyone could have possibly even read my comment (it was long). Maybe it was a mis-click -- who knows? But it was great feedback after having just submitted. And in concert with all the other recent downvotes, it's frustrating... I've been sitting at the same "karma" value for months, and I don't think I'm being a bad member of the community. It's more than likely noise, but it's got me rattled. It's not actionable feedback. With the pandemic and lack of social contact with other engineers, and this sort of judgement, I don't like it. I honestly don't think I'm being a nuisance. (And here this comment is with downvotes and no comments. Sigh.)
- WalterGR 5y ago
  You already got feedback in hobs’s comment. They wrote: “I didnt downvote, but random speculation with no evidence doesn't get upvotes on hacker news; a discussion of things you find interesting that others find baseless with get you downvotes immediately.”
  - ratsmack 5y ago
    Speculation is part of the conversation.
- ufmace 5y ago
  I upvoted, if nothing else it's a perfectly reasonable comment with an interesting hypothesis. HN karma is a little weird. IMO, if you've never been downvoted to -4, then you've never said anything really interesting. It's easy to just tell the crowd what they want to hear, saying true and important things doesn't always go down so well. Don't sweat it too hard. Sometimes posts do acquire downvotes at suspicious times and rates. Makes me wonder if some external orgs managed to build downvote bots for HN or are directing voting somehow.