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ASK HN: Why some one down votes you?
Maybe I need to know the protocol on HN. I have mentioned our product teamgum.com in few answers and I have found negative points on some. I don't understand why.
- minimaxir 12y agoUnwarranted self-promotion is frowned upon on nearly every internet forum. Even on-topic self-promotion is generally rejected unless it's specifically requested.
- kinj28 12y agoI have been asked to talk about the tool we are working on - and on replying to the same, i have got myself down voted once. Now that was a bit annoying.
- justintocci 12y agoyeah. There is a lot of wierd downvoting going on. I know of two new accounts that went negative recently. I think some downvoters may seek out new accounts specifically. I've been very disapointed with the downvoting for disagreeing with someone's point of view as well. To me its antithetical to the point of an online community if you stifle all opposing views, e.g. a recent marijuana poll. I mean, it was a poll. The point of a poll is to count all the points of view, not identify people you want to downvote. I think some people obtain downvoting rights by posting random articles, basically just trolling for stray upvotes. For example, i see a lot of irrelevant wikipedia articles posted. People who got the downvote that way could easily explain the poor form to their downvoting. Hacker News is also, in my experience, a fine place to promote OSS but a horrible place to promote any non-VCfunded company or endeavor. Basically, if you don't have funding then you are just spam and people don't want to see your ads here no matter where or when. I hope this helps. Fortunately, there are lots of ways to promote your software so you don't need HN. Best of luck on your project.