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That's what I thought people would feel, and why I said I thought it would be downvoted. But thanks for letting me that's what you think anyway! I don't like t

That's what I thought people would feel, and why I said I thought it would be downvoted. But thanks for letting me that's what you think anyway! I don't like to admit it because of how silly and weak I think it looks, but, yep I did feel it was unfair and I was showing a little bitterness there--correctly identified, ginko!--I felt sad about it, like "why no upvotes for me?"--but also posted it with a goodnatured thing too, like "I scooped you! But you got the votes!" which can always be a dynamic with news scoops. It was both, you know. And I don't really think it's unfair, because it's basically random how a post gets up. Plus, Haaretz has a paywall, maybe that contributes too...But you always wonder, you know...heh :) Thanks for adding to my shame there, ginko :<... edit: Oh, I see you got downvoted. Poor you. That's very meta. edit 2: Ooh, I see the original post has been flagged. I definitely think we should stop talking about it now, heh! OMG let's stop please! :)

smoldesu 5y ago
You're not exactly Babe Ruth calling the shot on this one. If you post something that isn't intellectually gratifying and purely petty, then yes, you're going to be downvoted on Hacker News. If you posted something along the lines of "Here's the version that isn't paywalled" or "this article has a more interesting analysis", people wouldn't have dogpiled you. Instead, you buried the lede and mentioned some pseudo-experiment, which isn't going to get a lot of traction around here. If you want to endlessly fight with people over attribution credits and updoot points, you'd probably get a real kick out of Reddit.
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- graderjs 5y ago
  Interesting... "Babe Ruth's called shot." Heh, no not in this case :). I thought it was going to get downvoted quickly, but it didn't. edit: I see that finally it has hit 0, after many hours. So, I guess I was, similar to, Babe Ruth calling the shot, here. Heh :) It was a real experiment, not pseudo. Agree about the intellectually gratifying, and your alternative suggestions are good. I was considering something like that too (thought I posted in a reply, but I edited it out). It wasn't purely petty, as I said, sportsmanlike. Is feeling something unfair, or feeling sad about something, petty? I don't think so, I think it's just normal...but like I said, I feel it's embarrassing to admit in this case, because it seems silly to me. But I guess...well I do care about it, so I guess it can't be that silly. It wasn't fighting...not at all. And I don't think people 'dogpiled' -- just sharing their perspective and/or trying to teach me something. And I learned something. So that's good. 'Dogpiled' is interesting, haven't heard that term before... Wouldn't say I buried the lede, because there were only 3 parts to the post: link, scoop and experiment, and enough people saw it to get it many more upvotes... Heh, you do seem to find a lot to disagree about, misrepresent, or take issue and criticize there (not sure exactly how to describe what you do above)...could it maybe be you who was looking to fight? I honestly don't feel like that, so please let's not continue. Peace, please? I would love that :)

smoldesu 5y ago

You're not exactly Babe Ruth calling the shot on this one. If you post something that isn't intellectually gratifying and purely petty, then yes, you're going to be downvoted on Hacker News. If you posted something along the lines of "Here's the version that isn't paywalled" or "this article has a more interesting analysis", people wouldn't have dogpiled you. Instead, you buried the lede and mentioned some pseudo-experiment, which isn't going to get a lot of traction around here. If you want to endlessly fight with people over attribution credits and updoot points, you'd probably get a real kick out of Reddit.

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graderjs 5y ago
Interesting... "Babe Ruth's called shot." Heh, no not in this case :). I thought it was going to get downvoted quickly, but it didn't. edit: I see that finally it has hit 0, after many hours. So, I guess I was, similar to, Babe Ruth calling the shot, here. Heh :) It was a real experiment, not pseudo. Agree about the intellectually gratifying, and your alternative suggestions are good. I was considering something like that too (thought I posted in a reply, but I edited it out). It wasn't purely petty, as I said, sportsmanlike. Is feeling something unfair, or feeling sad about something, petty? I don't think so, I think it's just normal...but like I said, I feel it's embarrassing to admit in this case, because it seems silly to me. But I guess...well I do care about it, so I guess it can't be that silly. It wasn't fighting...not at all. And I don't think people 'dogpiled' -- just sharing their perspective and/or trying to teach me something. And I learned something. So that's good. 'Dogpiled' is interesting, haven't heard that term before... Wouldn't say I buried the lede, because there were only 3 parts to the post: link, scoop and experiment, and enough people saw it to get it many more upvotes... Heh, you do seem to find a lot to disagree about, misrepresent, or take issue and criticize there (not sure exactly how to describe what you do above)...could it maybe be you who was looking to fight? I honestly don't feel like that, so please let's not continue. Peace, please? I would love that :)