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I don't like how HN users downvote honest questions instead of engaging with it. Left you an upvote because I'm interested in responses to this.

• Schiendelman 4mo ago
  I appreciate you! My goal here is to guide people who care about things to take a little step toward working on them. :)
  • chistev 4mo ago
    And I got down voted. Lol.
• happytoexplain 4mo ago
  Yes, it's presumably a problem, but you also can't know why somebody is downvoting. They might believe a comment is dishonest or distracting or otherwise low-quality or non-curious, or breaks one of the subjective site rules. I try not to make assumptions when I get downvoted. I think: Maybe I was a little sarcastic or aggressive or I implied something weaselly; or maybe the downvoter just disagreed with me. I don't assume either way, and I don't guess about moral high ground or whatever. All my comment's points tell me is what delta of people clicked the down arrow, not what was in their heads individually.
  • Schiendelman 4mo ago
    Oh yeah, I just try to reinforce the HN guidelines when I can!