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> if the "patient" wants to admit You are being down-voted. So, I guess that the answer is "no, we do not want to admin any problem" , at this moment, here in
by ElViajero 5y ago
> if the "patient" wants to admit
You are being down-voted. So, I guess that the answer is "no, we do not want to admin any problem" , at this moment, here in Hacker News.
- rob_c 5y agoI've been noticing similar downvoting recently for calling out too America-centric topics recently so I'm inclined to agree
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI downvoted. I did so because of this line: > many things are honestly comparable to a third-world country. I do not believe that to be an accurate assessment of the situation. It feels accurate, to some people, but it's a distorted view of reality. Which lets you classify me as "no we don't want to admit any problem", and write me off. I'd encourage you not to do that, for two reasons. First, I've been seeing a pattern here on HN rather frequently lately: Someone states fringe view X as being obviously correct, and states that everyone is willfully blind to not acknowledge it. This gets downvoted. The author then points to the downvotes as proof that people are willfully blind (and therefore that X is in fact correct). But this ignores that X can be downvoted because it is obviously incorrect, or just because the author is being a jerk. You cannot use downvotes to confirm anything other than the fact that you were downvoted. Second, assuming that everyone who disagrees is a fool or acting in bad faith is how you trap yourself in a filter bubble. But the question remains: Are you actually right, or actually wrong? Trapping yourself in a filter bubble means that, if you're ever wrong, you'll never find out.