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It's not poor form. The Hacker News Guidelines state (http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html): Resist complainin
by jyap 14y ago
It's not poor form. The Hacker News Guidelines state (http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html): Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
It is poor form to not abide by the house rules.
- nodata 14y agoI said it was poor form to order people to modify their behaviour to match your particular preferences. The house rules mention complaining about downvotes. As you've found out, people are wanting to learn why they've been downvoted, they're trying to understand. That's not complaining.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoThat's a theory, but in practice it's often just a very thin veil for complaining about being downvoted. Complaining about being downvoted earns a near-automatic downvote from me. It's the exact opposite of contributing something useful. I hate it when I get downvoted, but I suck it up. Sometimes I knew it was coming, and sometimes it's only temporary and the comment ends up with a good score. But regardless of how or why, I take it and move on.