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Excuse my age but what are "base people"?
by barbazoo 3y ago
Excuse my age but what are "base people"?
- carlosjobim 3y ago[flagged]
- pvg 3y agoDownvote to disagree is a perfectly fine thing to do on HN and not a sign of anyone's depravity.
- carlosjobim 3y agoDown voting for disagreement is base behaviour. Of course nothing is stopping somebody from being base on HN, neither in real life. We've all met our fair share of rude and ignorant people. They're not going anywhere.
- pvg 3y agoIt isn’t on HN, it’s how the site functions and always has.
- tptacek 3y agoNo, you're on a site whose norms include using votes to express agreement, with good reason (to avoid cluttering otherwise curious conversations with rote and superficial objections). You're stridently ignoring those norms. The arrow of rudeness isn't pointing the direction you think it is.
- carlosjobim 3y agoWhatever norms doesn't change the fact that it is simple minded behavior to down vote somebody's opinion. That's the answer to the question he/she asked. Being base is the norm - online and offline. That doesn't mean I'm going to strive for that behavior.
- tptacek 3y agoIf you don't understand the norms, you should take the time to learn about them before composing these diatribes. You're a guest at the party who's entered the living room and decided to start haranguing the furniture arrangement.
- carlosjobim 3y agoI was having a conversation with the other poster, in fact just answering their question. I am a guest, as everybody else here, just don't care much for base people.