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Did you downvote my reply, and if so, may I ask why?
by beefman 15y ago
Did you downvote my reply, and if so, may I ask why?
- aaronbrethorst 15y agoNo, I did not.
- beefman 15y agoThanks for answering. I'm confused then. Do we downvote comments we disagree with, or only comments that are unthoughtful, offtopic, etc?
- aaronbrethorst 15y agoTry the search box at the bottom with terms like 'downvote.' these meta discussions come up fairly often.
- noarchy 15y agoMaking posts to inquire about why one got downvoted seem to throw fuel on the fire, resulting in yet more downvotes. At least, this is what I've observed time and time again here.
- potatolicious 15y agoYour current posts are being downvoted because you're complaining about downvoting. Your original post, i.e. "What is this obvious need?" is (IMHO correctly) perceived as a leading question. You want to make a point, but you're asking a disingenuous question instead. You're leading the other poster so you can tear him a new one - as evidenced by the fact that you seem to have a lot of stuff to say about this topic. As a rule I (and much of HN, apparently) dislike questions that aren't genuine. Feigned ignorance as an argumentative crutch is pretty lame. If you have a point, make it, this isn't some juvenile youth parliament or model UN, there are no victories here.
- beefman 15y agoI wasn't asking a leading question. Nor am I being snarky, sarcastic, or disingenuous, despite that several responses here have been quite rude. Again, I came here to discuss infrastructure policy, not be embroiled in some kind of power struggle. If you read the entire thread, you'll see very immature behavior on the part of commenters here, as well as very pretentious canned one-liners like "looks good on paper but" from people who obviously have no idea what they're talking about. Nor have I complained about being downvoted, though it does seem obvious that some moderators here are totally high on power.