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> 90% of people don't even understand how annoying it is to have a good comment sent into the gray Even if 90% of users are lurkers it doesn't mean they don't
by oezi 2y ago
> 90% of people don't even understand how annoying it is to have a good comment sent into the gray
Even if 90% of users are lurkers it doesn't mean they don't know how it feels to be downvoted and can't emphasize.
Good comments are rarely downvoted disproportionately on HN. Perceived censorship "by the bandwagon" just means it isn't a good comment.
- jorvi 2y ago> Perceived censorship "by the bandwagon" just means it isn't a good comment. It just means you said something that goes against the grain of the larger part of HN. Nothing more. But as stated, you people are inconvincible.
- oezi 2y agoI think it is more nuanced, because the majority of HN is voting on the quality of the argument rather the alignment of ideas. If you present a well reasoned contrarian idea, I don't think you would gather a lot of downvotes. What gets downvoted are the really bad takes with lazy arguments.