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Can someone explain the downvoting of FAKEGRIMLOCK's comments? I find them insightful, substantive, and hilarious, but is some HN norm being stepped on?
by sethbannon 15y ago
Can someone explain the downvoting of FAKEGRIMLOCK's comments? I find them insightful, substantive, and hilarious, but is some HN norm being stepped on?
- danielharan 15y agoThis is very puzzling. Also - why isn't this front page yet?
- sethbannon 15y agoIt was frontpage and trending up. It must be getting flagged quite a bit. Very curious.
- cgshaw 15y agoAnd now that you pointed it out, the trend has reversed... what in the world is going on here? EDIT - I'd also like to point out that the headline changed. Is that a typical practice on HN? I don't think my original headline was anything inflammatory or off-point.
- jsnell 15y agoI didn't downvote, but novelty accounts are not exactly a part of the local culture. I doubt there's any insightful or substantial point that can only be made by writing in caps with bad grammar. Yes, it might make you think that it's a dry and humorless environment. But at least it's not overrun by 20 copies of CaptainObvious or JokeExplainer.