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Can someone honestly explain the downvotes for agreeing with a commenter that I’d like to understand how they handle the spread issue?
by ada1981 2y ago
Can someone honestly explain the downvotes for agreeing with a commenter that I’d like to understand how they handle the spread issue?
- munk-a 2y agoLikely due to the guidelines[1] > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. your comment didn't add anything of value to the thread. Upvoting will cause the thread to float higher in the overall discussion and increase the visibility (and thus chance of a response). Just as a note - your reply comment and even this comment itself is also against guidelines due to being a comment on the comment system and off-topic for the article - but I wanted to make sure you were familiar with the system. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ada1981 2y agoI appreciate that. The parent had skipped over responding and I wanted to voice that I too would be curious to know the answer. Are you saying the best and only option is upvoting?