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Well, I down-voted the first comment you linked. I can tell you it's been substantially edited since I down-voted it. It started out as a vacuous comment that
by icey 17y ago
Well, I down-voted the first comment you linked. I can tell you it's been substantially edited since I down-voted it.
It started out as a vacuous comment that did nothing for the conversation and looked suspiciously like the start of a reddit pun thread.
People get up arrows and down arrows; sometimes comments are well received and sometimes they aren't. Trying to corral people into not down-voting because someone asked them not to isn't going to work.
I think it's interesting that these types of submissions always come after the poster has been recently sent into negative territory on one of their comments.
- ABrandt 17y agoYou're right. My original comment was made as I was just waking up that morning, and it certainly did not facilitate the conversation well. Interestingly enough, the majority of the downmods were after I edited it. The bottom line is yes, "sometimes comments are well received and sometimes they aren't." Life goes on. And as for the poster's "negative territory," I truly don't think they should have been downmodded for asking a question on ethics. As I understand, HN is not a community to judge the morality of an individual.