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Why was this comment down-voted?

• dang 13y ago
  Probably for not being substantive, made worse by abbrevs and smilies. HN users tend to punish throwaway one-liners, unless they show signs of thought having been put into them. It's arguably too harsh, because some of these comments are innocuous. But the same immune reation also keeps more malignant things from taking over, so overall it does more good than harm.
  • Aloha 13y ago
    It's not like the original article was chock full of substance in the first place, which is why its even more annoying.