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Excellent essay. Made me think why my comments on HN get constantly downvoted. I love HN, but for all its greatness, an average user here is neither an expert i

by mudil 13y ago

Excellent essay. Made me think why my comments on HN get constantly downvoted. I love HN, but for all its greatness, an average user here is neither an expert in practically anything, nor likely a productive member of society. He is just a contrarian with no knowledge. 100 years ago he would have been a peasant in Ohio.

EpicEng 13y ago
Interesting theory. So, in effect, your comments are downvoted because the majority of people here are either too ignorant or too stupid to understand them. Well, that's one way to avoid ever having to question your own beliefs/knowledge.
- nickff 13y ago
  I agree that it is an interesting idea, but it is not particularly original.
nickff 13y ago
Maybe if you were a touch less condescending and arrogant, and refrained from making baseless judgments, you would get more up-votes. How did you arrive at the conclusion that the "average user here is neither an expert in practically anything, nor likely a productive member of society"? I disagree with many users, but have no reason to indict them.
- mudil 13y ago
  "if you were a touch less condescending and arrogant, and refrained from making baseless judgments, you would get more up-votes." That's exactly why you are wrong. In your world, upvotes are based on niceties and political correctness, but in my world that should be based on experience and expertise.
  - kazagistar 13y ago
    In your posts, you demonstrated neither category of qualities, and thus deserve to be down-voted in either "world". (The real world is in between anyways, and it is the only world that counts.) The only expertise you demonstrate is in being a prick.
    - untilHellbanned 13y ago
      "..demonstrate is in being a prick.." i'm willing to bet your downvote of @mudil was due to this emotion rather than @mudil failing to demonstrate his expertise on HN culture
  - 6d0debc071 13y ago
    If you intend to honestly leverage expertise and experience And: If you believe that anger and defensiveness harm rational thinking. And: That being rude is liable to make people angry and defensive. Then - regardless of what world you'd rather live in - being condescending and arrogant seems liable to be ill aligned with your aims.
  - summerdown2 13y ago
    In my world, upvotes would be based on truth (correct relation to reality) and insight (ability to uncover new truths or present old truths in a new light). Neither niceties/political correctness or experience/expertise should be reasons for an upvote unless the answer is correct or insightful.
jcape 13y ago
I'm disappointed that this comment was downvoted so severely. It's a perfect satire of the original article.
bayesianhorse 13y ago
Not everyone got the irony...

by mudil 13y ago

EpicEng 13y ago

Interesting theory. So, in effect, your comments are downvoted because the majority of people here are either too ignorant or too stupid to understand them. Well, that's one way to avoid ever having to question your own beliefs/knowledge.

nickff 13y ago
I agree that it is an interesting idea, but it is not particularly original.

nickff 13y ago

Maybe if you were a touch less condescending and arrogant, and refrained from making baseless judgments, you would get more up-votes. How did you arrive at the conclusion that the "average user here is neither an expert in practically anything, nor likely a productive member of society"? I disagree with many users, but have no reason to indict them.

mudil 13y ago
"if you were a touch less condescending and arrogant, and refrained from making baseless judgments, you would get more up-votes." That's exactly why you are wrong. In your world, upvotes are based on niceties and political correctness, but in my world that should be based on experience and expertise.
- kazagistar 13y ago
  In your posts, you demonstrated neither category of qualities, and thus deserve to be down-voted in either "world". (The real world is in between anyways, and it is the only world that counts.) The only expertise you demonstrate is in being a prick.
  - untilHellbanned 13y ago
    "..demonstrate is in being a prick.." i'm willing to bet your downvote of @mudil was due to this emotion rather than @mudil failing to demonstrate his expertise on HN culture
- 6d0debc071 13y ago
  If you intend to honestly leverage expertise and experience And: If you believe that anger and defensiveness harm rational thinking. And: That being rude is liable to make people angry and defensive. Then - regardless of what world you'd rather live in - being condescending and arrogant seems liable to be ill aligned with your aims.
- summerdown2 13y ago
  In my world, upvotes would be based on truth (correct relation to reality) and insight (ability to uncover new truths or present old truths in a new light). Neither niceties/political correctness or experience/expertise should be reasons for an upvote unless the answer is correct or insightful.

jcape 13y ago

I'm disappointed that this comment was downvoted so severely. It's a perfect satire of the original article.

bayesianhorse 13y ago

Not everyone got the irony...