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On HN it's generally considered bad form to dispute downvotes. IMHO there's nothing wrong with your original comment, except perhaps brevity. Maybe somebody w
by loudmax 5y ago
On HN it's generally considered bad form to dispute downvotes.
IMHO there's nothing wrong with your original comment, except perhaps brevity. Maybe somebody was of the opinion that you needed to make the argument that a Walkman is simpler than an iPod.
- justinpowers 5y agoI’m not deep enough into the culture to know whether disputing, or simply asking for explanation, of a downvote is “bad form”, but i would bet that using downvotes as an alternative to a cogent rebuttal is considered “worse form”. And there’s no way to counter it except to do as gp did and call it out, asking for explanation. Unfortunately the downvoter is unlikely to ever offer an explanation. So the gp and others like him (myself at times) relies on the crowd to figure out whether or not there’s a misunderstanding. Discouraging that, when the downvote is seemingly arbitrary, doesn’t help the situation at all. How else can a downvoted commenter, and bystanders, learn?
- darkerside 5y agoThanks for understanding. Not disputing it, just bothering to understand if I can.