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I remember how calling the BBC garbage a few years ago got your comment heavily downvoted here. They'd tell you that they were the best thing since sliced bread
by undfg 5y ago
I remember how calling the BBC garbage a few years ago got your comment heavily downvoted here. They'd tell you that they were the best thing since sliced bread and that they were good because both the left and the right hated them, as if that meant something. Now it seems everybody is recognising the BBC for what they are: utter shite.
- lez 5y agoI see this as a more general pattern on HN: Opinions not-yet-adopted by academia are often downvoted instead of being argued with. This stifles innovation because alternative opinions do not even show up in the casual reader's screen.
- skybrian 5y ago“Someone said it on Hacker News” carries no weight. Why should anyone take our comments seriously if they don’t recognize the username? I don’t see this as a bug. Better to post links to trusted sources and let people judge for themselves.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoAbsent an explanation of why I've annoyed people, I get as much of a dopamine hit from downvotes as upvotes. I'd rather be polarising than forgettable. Whenever I take an unpopular stance I remind myself of Rick Sanchez's wise words, "Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer".
- Smithalicious 5y agoMe too, I think a lot of my most upvoted comments are just truisms and preaching to the choir, whereas a lot of the more insightful things I've said quickly get greyed out.
- idrios 5y agoA few years ago, any comment that didn't add new insight to a topic would get downvoted. I remember once reading a comment where the response was a quip, and someone replied "this response was funny but we don't want this site to become Reddit so I downvoted you".