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Yeah, see that's frustrating. The point isn't his answer. The point is that his non-answer got him upvotes from his fans, and that when I tried to address this
by rendall 5y ago
Yeah, see that's frustrating. The point isn't his answer. The point is that his non-answer got him upvotes from his fans, and that when I tried to address this broken reputation system in meta, people aggressively missed the point exactly like you did.
- matsemann 5y agoIf no one understands what you mean, might the problem lie elsewhere?
- edgarvaldes 5y agoBut at least some people did understand his point. I did, for example.
- matsemann 5y agoIt's just weird how often a discussion on something on SO ends up with someone complaining about overzealous downvoting or closing of their perfectly reasonable question, but no one can ever actually post a link to it. To me that says they're not telling the whole truth about their own behavior.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoOr they don't want to reveal their identity on HN.
- rendall 5y agoI'm pretty open about my ID on HN, but that could be one of the many reasons this fellow does not get that which he demands from others.
- rendall 5y agoGiven there could be any number of reasons that strangers on the internet do not supply to you that which you demand, especially given the down-votey tone you demand it; it is instructive that you narrow in on the least charitable. I quit SO in 2014, and asked Stack Exchange to delete all data from my accounts across their properties. I doubt any link exists. You are free to disbelieve. You are free.