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I am aware that complaining about your own downvotes is against the site rules. That is not what's going on here. Instead, danw1979 was asking for someone to e
by torstenvl 5y ago
I am aware that complaining about your own downvotes is against the site rules. That is not what's going on here.
Instead, danw1979 was asking for someone to explain why a reasonable comment was getting downvoted into oblivion. Neither danw1979 nor lmilcin did anything to deserve the random dogpile they received.
- woodruffw 5y agoAFAIK, there’s no actual site rule about this. It’s just a faux pas in general, whether it’s your downvotes or someone else’s. We’re on the same page about them not deserving it.
- grzm 5y agoFrom the guidelines: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cjaybo 5y agoThe guideline is about discussing upvotes/downvotes in any comment, not just your own: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.