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You have a new account, so I'd like to point out the Hacker News guidelines. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.ht
by orik 12y ago
You have a new account, so I'd like to point out the Hacker News guidelines. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
" Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you. "
- MrRoger 12y agoI wasn't complaining about being downmodded. There's no complaint there. I'm just aware that what I was going to say is an unpopular opinion on HN.
- ma2rten 12y agoAs someone who has been a member of HN, longer than most I would say you should not apply that rule too broadly. Unless I am missing something, he just said "I'm probably gonna get down voted.". There is nothing wrong with that. People say that all the time on HN. [1] That guideline talks about the case when someone explicitly complains about getting downvoted after the fact. Even comments that say "I don't know why I have been downvoted" are okay imho. Everyone should be allowed to ask why they are being down voted. [1] As a site note: Usually types of comments actually get up voted. HN rarely down votes for unpopular opinions if they are well founded. EDIT: See if you don't believe me: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=I+am+probably+going+to+get+downvoted#!/comment/sort_by_date/0/%22will%20probably%20get%20down%20voted%22 https://hn.algolia.com/?q=I+am+probably+going+to+get+downvot... You can try other variations of that phrase as well.