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The halmark of HN: a myriad of down-votes with no elucidation.
by ruswick 14y ago
The halmark of HN: a myriad of down-votes with no elucidation.
- learc83 14y agoYou've made so many negative comments that I've started to recognize your name. A few pieces of advice from someone who was once a smart and shockingly arrogant teenager: Dial down the negative replies and stop commenting on everything as if you were an expert. You lack experience and it shows in your writing. In 10 years you will probably decide the majority of the opinions you now hold are wrong. Try to remember that before you criticize. Don't use "elucidation" when "explanation" will suffice. The purpose of writing is to clearly convey an idea--using needlessly uncommon or archaic words can break the flow of communication. (I had the same problem when I was younger, and my teenage brother still does.) You'll find that your writing is much more effective if it doesn't read like you spent half of your time flipping through a thesaurus (even if you didn't).
- wglb 14y agoCheck out this: Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading from the guidelines http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Your comments in this thread are not adding value.