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Ok mods, I'm concerned that I have made some valid criticisms on this article as have others in their comments, yet mine is being down modded into negatives. I

Ok mods, I'm concerned that I have made some valid criticisms on this article as have others in their comments, yet mine is being down modded into negatives. I'm left feeling this is immature and punitive for a joke I made on a prior news posting where I complained about the down modding. Would someone like to explain just how my criticism is so much more severe as to warrant attack over the other criticisms?

bcRIPster 12y ago
And seriously? WTF!
- dang 12y ago
  Please re-read the HN guidelines. They ask you not to post comments complaining about being downvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - bcRIPster 12y ago
    Thanks and no worries. It's just been one of those days. :)
josu 12y ago
I think that the downvotes have nothing to do with the joke you mention. Your comment doesn't add any value to the discussion, we are aware of the things you highlight.
- bcRIPster 12y ago
  Good! Good! Then I wholly expect to see every comment that is stating an obvious concept to now be down modded off of this site. That's really healthy for discussion.
  - vxNsr 12y ago
    You understand that users are the ones downvoting you, as a relatively inactive user you don't have a downvote button but many of us do and don't like complaints (about downvotes) or broad generalizations ("culturally regressive") that don't add to the discussion. I was with you until you started attacking an entire ethnicity.
    - bcRIPster 12y ago
      Thank-you, I did not realize that. I feel a bit better now about the down votes in that light. As for you last comment though... are you sure you meant ethnicity? Maybe you meant demographic?
humanrebar 12y ago
> attending a conservative university in a culturally regressive state I didn't downvote you, but I feel like I could have without any guilt. Have you been to Austin? Or any urban center in Texas? They are probably more conservative than Berkeley, but they're definitely blue areas. Especially Austin. I mean, Houston's mayor is a lesbian! See if you can pick out Dallas, Austin, and Houston on this map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/2004_US_elections_purple_counties.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/2004_US_e... And substance aside, terms like "culturally regressive" are unnecessary and inflammatory. And your post has an overall dismissive attitude of someone who is just expressing himself. He makes it extremely clear that it's just his opinion. So maybe there is a downvote brigade, but I'm not in it. And they're redundant if you ask me.
- bcRIPster 12y ago
  No. Honestly I haven't been to Austin and I have heard good things about it but I did spend a few years living in the DFW Metroplex area (Arlington and then later in Plano). I have on the other hand have had bad personal experiences with UT graduates being rather full of themselves clueless about the real world. As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blog post. Texas in general has always left a bad taste in my mind and their political and religious exports don't do much to change my opinion. I always love how Austin get's thrown out as some amazing counter to excuse the rest of the state.
  - organsnyder 12y ago
    > UT graduates being rather full of themselves clueless about the real world Sounds like a large portion of graduates from any university.
  - Morgawr 12y ago
    >As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blog post. From the article: >That being said, I'm not an expert at this by a long shot and I'm sure there will be data that disproves some of the points I make, but this is just what I've noticed. He clearly states otherwise.
Afforess 12y ago
Complaining about downvotes is the surest method of accumulating more. It's an observation I've made over the years, not an indictment of you.
- bcRIPster 12y ago
  Honestly, I expect it's exactly as you say. It's just got me in a bit of a mood this morning.
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bcRIPster 12y ago

And seriously? WTF!

dang 12y ago
Please re-read the HN guidelines. They ask you not to post comments complaining about being downvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- bcRIPster 12y ago
  Thanks and no worries. It's just been one of those days. :)

josu 12y ago

I think that the downvotes have nothing to do with the joke you mention. Your comment doesn't add any value to the discussion, we are aware of the things you highlight.

bcRIPster 12y ago
Good! Good! Then I wholly expect to see every comment that is stating an obvious concept to now be down modded off of this site. That's really healthy for discussion.
- vxNsr 12y ago
  You understand that users are the ones downvoting you, as a relatively inactive user you don't have a downvote button but many of us do and don't like complaints (about downvotes) or broad generalizations ("culturally regressive") that don't add to the discussion. I was with you until you started attacking an entire ethnicity.
  - bcRIPster 12y ago
    Thank-you, I did not realize that. I feel a bit better now about the down votes in that light. As for you last comment though... are you sure you meant ethnicity? Maybe you meant demographic?

humanrebar 12y ago

> attending a conservative university in a culturally regressive state I didn't downvote you, but I feel like I could have without any guilt. Have you been to Austin? Or any urban center in Texas? They are probably more conservative than Berkeley, but they're definitely blue areas. Especially Austin. I mean, Houston's mayor is a lesbian! See if you can pick out Dallas, Austin, and Houston on this map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/2004_US_elections_purple_counties.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/2004_US_e... And substance aside, terms like "culturally regressive" are unnecessary and inflammatory. And your post has an overall dismissive attitude of someone who is just expressing himself. He makes it extremely clear that it's just his opinion. So maybe there is a downvote brigade, but I'm not in it. And they're redundant if you ask me.

bcRIPster 12y ago
No. Honestly I haven't been to Austin and I have heard good things about it but I did spend a few years living in the DFW Metroplex area (Arlington and then later in Plano). I have on the other hand have had bad personal experiences with UT graduates being rather full of themselves clueless about the real world. As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blog post. Texas in general has always left a bad taste in my mind and their political and religious exports don't do much to change my opinion. I always love how Austin get's thrown out as some amazing counter to excuse the rest of the state.
- organsnyder 12y ago
  > UT graduates being rather full of themselves clueless about the real world Sounds like a large portion of graduates from any university.
- Morgawr 12y ago
  >As well as white middle-class 19 year olds thinking they're social media experts because they posted a blog post. From the article: >That being said, I'm not an expert at this by a long shot and I'm sure there will be data that disproves some of the points I make, but this is just what I've noticed. He clearly states otherwise.

Afforess 12y ago

Complaining about downvotes is the surest method of accumulating more. It's an observation I've made over the years, not an indictment of you.

bcRIPster 12y ago
Honestly, I expect it's exactly as you say. It's just got me in a bit of a mood this morning.

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