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I agree with you. But I also say comment away. Just try to be positive and constructive. I say a lot here and I try to be insightful. Just as many of my comme

I agree with you. But I also say comment away. Just try to be positive and constructive. I say a lot here and I try to be insightful. Just as many of my comments are never voted on as are voted up. I only have a tiny handful of comments with 0 or negative score, and most of those were on the snider side of the spectrum. I try not to do that in the first place, but everyone makes mistakes. On the other hand, I'm sometimes surprised how many upvotes I've gotten on comments that I thought might contradict HN groupthink. I think the existing system works fine. I worry that the commentary is about to actually decrease in value and timeliness.

JohnHaugeland 13y ago
My votes and comments have been disabled. I don't know when or why it happened. I cannot go to anyone for advice or repair. I have become persona non grata and I have no idea why. There is no way to fix it. Your optimism shadows an extremely difficult reality.
- gruseom 13y ago
  Of course there's a way to fix it: send an email, as the guidelines say. Your comments have evidently not been disabled!
  - JohnHaugeland 13y ago
    Thank you for the information. I'm not a heavy HN user; I didn't know there was an email address to send to.