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You don't think that the downvotes are due to your tone, or the fact that you're not really adding anything to the conversation? I enjoy insulting people who do
by sorbus 15y ago
You don't think that the downvotes are due to your tone, or the fact that you're not really adding anything to the conversation? I enjoy insulting people who don't believe in climate change as much as anyone, but never in the context of trying to present my research (note that you claim that your first paragraph is the result of your research) and never on HN, since it adds nothing to the conversation and weakens arguments. Complaining about being downvoted and insulting anyone who downvotes you also tends to be a good way to get downvoted - adds nothing to the conversation, doesn't make people think that you're a level-headed person they should listen to.
EDIT: And your comment is now in the positive. Which lets me point out that a really standard pattern on HN is for comments to be downvoted before being upvoted - since the first people who get to comments tend to be those who blindly downvote anything they dislike, and are then followed by the ones who actually look at comments. Complaining and freaking out about it can only make it worse.
- bfe 15y agoYeah, the tone was not ideal for persuasive writing. I just found myself astonished to witness a volume of downvotes, not only on this post but also on my original post on this page which did not have the same exasperated tone, that across the board was orders of magnitude greater than anything I've ever seen on HN, but without a single comment from the downvoters to try to explain themselves, which really called into question why there are so many people on HN who have managed to accumulate enough karma to downvote but who are also both (1) dumb enough to be hostile to every post on the topic of global warming that doesn't treat it as a made-up conspiracy, and (2) ovary-less and/or ball-less enough not to offer any explanation why they are downvoting.