3 ms·

> you were downvoted for incomprehensibility see, that's the funny part. it was a thread about the right to remain silent, and I was explaining that Silence =

> you were downvoted for incomprehensibility see, that's the funny part. it was a thread about the right to remain silent, and I was explaining that Silence = consent/agreement. when I brought the other poster's silence up as agreement, I was buried to -3. Did you have a problem comprehending my post, with the point of the discussion in mind? do you believe the moderation was fair (main post was at 0)? I fully accept that I am attempting to be controversial. I usually don't state my actual opinions for fear of being downvoted. But now that I have sufficient karma to avoid hellbanning (for at least a while), I figured I could give experimenting with moderation habits a try by speaking thing I believe. > Please could you link to the bit of guidelines that you're talking about? see my other reply to you. You were absolutely correct about there being no regulation for when/when not to downvote. EDIT: tried to explain controversial opinions a little

anonbanker 12y ago
also, seeing as you're paying attention, here's[1] another one I'm watching get downvoted due to disagreement. Do you think the moderation is appropriate? 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8434094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8434094
- kevinskii 12y ago
  In this comment you offered the same theory about "pump and dump" that many others had over an hour earlier. It wasn't anything new. And the idea that Apple's demise would lead to the rise of Ubuntu is, well, let's just again say that I didn't (and won't) downvote you.
  - anonbanker 12y ago
    that's a very polite way to disagree. :) I'm not very concerned about non-interested parties (such as yourself) downvoting. mainly, I'm interested in how much sockpuppetry is actually going on. it's relatively trivial to make a bunch of posts using a myriad of nicknames (I have 5+ abandoned accounts with more than 500 karma each - lost the password to all of them), so I'm fairly certain that if a random sociopath had enough time, he could easily game the comments of a thread.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
kevinskii 12y ago
Even while understanding the broader discussion and knowing quite a bit more than the average person about Miranda rights, I did find your post to be incomprehensible. In the ensuing discussion I assume you were downvoted for unnecessary rudeness, not for being controversial. Note that I didn't (and won't) downvote any of your posts. I hope this helps.
- anonbanker 12y ago
  What part of that post confused you? was it the idea that everyone knows the "you have the right to remain silent" script? or that one should look up all the words in it? regardless, thank you for your overall input. I would love DanBC's input on the same.
DanBC 12y ago
I still have no idea what your point was.

anonbanker 12y ago

also, seeing as you're paying attention, here's[1] another one I'm watching get downvoted due to disagreement. Do you think the moderation is appropriate? 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8434094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8434094

kevinskii 12y ago
In this comment you offered the same theory about "pump and dump" that many others had over an hour earlier. It wasn't anything new. And the idea that Apple's demise would lead to the rise of Ubuntu is, well, let's just again say that I didn't (and won't) downvote you.
- anonbanker 12y ago
  that's a very polite way to disagree. :) I'm not very concerned about non-interested parties (such as yourself) downvoting. mainly, I'm interested in how much sockpuppetry is actually going on. it's relatively trivial to make a bunch of posts using a myriad of nicknames (I have 5+ abandoned accounts with more than 500 karma each - lost the password to all of them), so I'm fairly certain that if a random sociopath had enough time, he could easily game the comments of a thread.
deleted 12y ago
[deleted]

kevinskii 12y ago

Even while understanding the broader discussion and knowing quite a bit more than the average person about Miranda rights, I did find your post to be incomprehensible. In the ensuing discussion I assume you were downvoted for unnecessary rudeness, not for being controversial. Note that I didn't (and won't) downvote any of your posts. I hope this helps.

anonbanker 12y ago
What part of that post confused you? was it the idea that everyone knows the "you have the right to remain silent" script? or that one should look up all the words in it? regardless, thank you for your overall input. I would love DanBC's input on the same.

DanBC 12y ago

I still have no idea what your point was.