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"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 wr
by 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 agoIn 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 agoIf 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 agoIn 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.