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IMO All the comments on those threads seem fairly downvoted; either for knee jerk inaccuracy, flogging a point or just generally ranting. EDIT: the FF3.5 one I

by ErrantX 17y ago

IMO All the comments on those threads seem fairly downvoted; either for knee jerk inaccuracy, flogging a point or just generally ranting. EDIT: the FF3.5 one I might agree with - did that get edited in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=721314 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=721314 I didnt see it the first time? I think it's wrong to call it rude to downvote them...... EDIT: according to the rules comments like "why was that post downvoted" are discouraged. Just FYI.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
Somehow this comment seems related to the recent recursion post. BTW, I think it's fine to complain in a new post. I guess it's annoying in the body of a long string of comments, but the entire point of the posting system is to allow group moderated discussion. If people don't like your question, they'll downvote it. This is a much better response than ignoring idiotic behavior and/or spamming a good comment thread with whining.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  > Somehow this comment seems related to the recent recursion post. oops not intentional... Im not sure how that got in there (fail copy/paste) > BTW, I think it's fine to complain in a new post. Fair enough ofc. I just thought I would raise it in case people had missed the guidelines :)
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    Cool. Agreed. But just like the pirates say, it's not a code. More like guidelines. I think that's what makes HN so frustrating sometimes to people (including myself). There is quite a bit of flex involved. For instance, I just submitted a blog entry I have on arguing which looks at religious-type arguments. It's probably over the line (perhaps not?) but I'm not completely sure, so I just threw it out there to let the community decide. Posting, to me, has a much looser set of rules/guidelines than commenting. But that's just my interpretation of the community mores.

by ErrantX 17y ago

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

Somehow this comment seems related to the recent recursion post. BTW, I think it's fine to complain in a new post. I guess it's annoying in the body of a long string of comments, but the entire point of the posting system is to allow group moderated discussion. If people don't like your question, they'll downvote it. This is a much better response than ignoring idiotic behavior and/or spamming a good comment thread with whining.

ErrantX 17y ago
> Somehow this comment seems related to the recent recursion post. oops not intentional... Im not sure how that got in there (fail copy/paste) > BTW, I think it's fine to complain in a new post. Fair enough ofc. I just thought I would raise it in case people had missed the guidelines :)
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Cool. Agreed. But just like the pirates say, it's not a code. More like guidelines. I think that's what makes HN so frustrating sometimes to people (including myself). There is quite a bit of flex involved. For instance, I just submitted a blog entry I have on arguing which looks at religious-type arguments. It's probably over the line (perhaps not?) but I'm not completely sure, so I just threw it out there to let the community decide. Posting, to me, has a much looser set of rules/guidelines than commenting. But that's just my interpretation of the community mores.