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Step 1: stop reading techcrunch. Step 2. Get to work. OK, I admit I didn't read the linked piece. Did I miss anything?

by nhebb 15y ago

mbesto 15y ago
Same here. I'm routinely in the habit of not reading TechCrunch articles on HN anymore. Straight to comments and unfortunately have no ability to downvote articles. I expect downvotes for this comment, but seriously why do people upvote these TC stories...?
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  You make a decent point but there's a good reason for the downvotes. Downvoting before reading is not in the spirit of this community (though sometimes, in rare cases it may be okay). You should not be here to collect karma like some sort of street cred so you can play god with the comments. There's a lot of karma policing going on lately where people think that button is there so they can push down stuff they don't agree with. That isn't the point. Up and down votes should be to everyone's benefits and unfortunately there are ton of people lAtely using them on some power trip. Don't be one of the "Karma Police". Use the buttons judiciously.
  - mbesto 15y ago
    Right, but why can't I downvote overall submissions? I understand there is a karma threshold for downvoting comments, but I'm unaware of any mechanism for submissions.
    - billpatrianakos 15y ago
      Well, think of it this way: if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. The cream always rises. I think it's great that all submissions have an equal chance of getting noticed. If enough like it, it goes up while inevitably surpassing the crap that languishes at the bottom. Most unpopular articles don't need any help getting ignored.
JonnieCache 15y ago
Some stuff about not feeling sad, as if that's something that can only ever be caused internally. The usual neo-victorian, crypto-calvinist story that these people feel the need to tell in order to justify themselves, even though nobody asked them.

Step 1: stop reading techcrunch. Step 2. Get to work. OK, I admit I didn't read the linked piece. Did I miss anything?

by nhebb 15y ago

Step 1: stop reading techcrunch. Step 2. Get to work. OK, I admit I didn't read the linked piece. Did I miss anything?

Same here. I'm routinely in the habit of not reading TechCrunch articles on HN anymore. Straight to comments and unfortunately have no ability to downvote articles. I expect downvotes for this comment, but seriously why do people upvote these TC stories...?

billpatrianakos 15y ago
You make a decent point but there's a good reason for the downvotes. Downvoting before reading is not in the spirit of this community (though sometimes, in rare cases it may be okay). You should not be here to collect karma like some sort of street cred so you can play god with the comments. There's a lot of karma policing going on lately where people think that button is there so they can push down stuff they don't agree with. That isn't the point. Up and down votes should be to everyone's benefits and unfortunately there are ton of people lAtely using them on some power trip. Don't be one of the "Karma Police". Use the buttons judiciously.
- mbesto 15y ago
  Right, but why can't I downvote overall submissions? I understand there is a karma threshold for downvoting comments, but I'm unaware of any mechanism for submissions.
  - billpatrianakos 15y ago
    Well, think of it this way: if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. The cream always rises. I think it's great that all submissions have an equal chance of getting noticed. If enough like it, it goes up while inevitably surpassing the crap that languishes at the bottom. Most unpopular articles don't need any help getting ignored.

JonnieCache 15y ago

Some stuff about not feeling sad, as if that's something that can only ever be caused internally. The usual neo-victorian, crypto-calvinist story that these people feel the need to tell in order to justify themselves, even though nobody asked them.