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Some social media sites with karma scores actually encourage one to ask why a post/comment is being downvoted. I guess they're in the minority, though. I don't
by nawitus 12y ago
Some social media sites with karma scores actually encourage one to ask why a post/comment is being downvoted. I guess they're in the minority, though. I don't know the consensus on Hacker News.
- mbrubeck 12y agoThe HN guidelines say to "resist complaining" about downvotes. (I guess it's open to interpretation whether "asking about downvotes" falls under the same reasoning.) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 12y agoAll that is off topic. I think we should maybe change the guideline to say: "Please don't comment about being downvoted. It does no good and makes for boring reading."