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You might be making good points, I'm not familiar enough with the context to tell, but whining about downvotes is in bad taste, so a large part of your downvote
by Etheryte 1y ago
You might be making good points, I'm not familiar enough with the context to tell, but whining about downvotes is in bad taste, so a large part of your downvotes probably come from there, mine included.
- dijit 1y agoApologies, it's frustrating watching my comment go from +5 to -2 in a handful of seconds. Not that I'm into karma farming (or that it even means anything), but it irritates me to think that people are gaming the discourse here. There's an implicit groupthink when it comes to seeing greyed out comments; to the point that people may (and do) think that the comment is non-factual or at the very least unpopular. This is especially true in subjects that are critical of Signal.
- Etheryte 1y agoThere's eight billion something humans on the planet, I think it's pretty okay if seven of them disagree with what you're saying.
- dijit 1y agoYeah. Just weird that they all found my comment at the same time. .. and it happens, every time, a slow build up of points, maybe some ups and downs, then suddenly it falls off a cliff. It's.. it's too perfect.
- Etheryte 1y agoQuoting the guidelines [0], if you think that's really what's happening, you can try reaching out to the mods. > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nxor 1y agoUnfortunately, many people work this way: "I don't like this, therefore it's false"