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Downvoters: Go ahead, but please do not delude yourself and think otherwise; for with every downvote you prove your propensity for violence. Feels good doesn't

Downvoters: Go ahead, but please do not delude yourself and think otherwise; for with every downvote you prove your propensity for violence. Feels good doesn't it to just click and see the text go lighter. You can't explain it anymore than those guys can explain the rush of holding a shot gun and contracting their finger repeatedly under the pretense of maintaining peace, or some other reason.

buckbova 12y ago
C'mon. You're just getting silly now.
- rokhayakebe 12y ago
  I give up on this one. I just do not see eye to eye with you guys on this and it is apparent I do not have the skills to convince you that you are heading in the wrong direction. At any rate, nice chat.
etherael 12y ago
Here's a better reason; speech has value, some less than others, a feedback mechanism allowing the audience to make a judgement on how much value a given piece has is no more evidence for the innate psychopathy of men than a mute button on a TV remote or an install of adblocker is.
- rokhayakebe 12y ago
  Last statement on this subject: I will just hold it that I do not agree with all of you and see it as violent. That you do not see as such scares the living crap out of me. Your idea of mute is to downvote, not ignoring a commentator, someone else's idea is just more physical, but ideologically similar.
  - icebraining 12y ago
    I think I know what you mean. Your comments remind me if an excerpt from a Situationist work, The Revolution of Everyday Life (by Raoul Vaneigem): "an obscene hobbling rhythm. In the ebb and flow of the crowds sucked in and crushed together by the coming and going of suburban trains, and coughed out into streets, offices, factories, there is nothing but timid retreats, brutal attacks, smirking faces and scratches delivered for no apparent reason. Soured by unwanted encounters, wine turns to vinegar in the mouth. Innocent and good-natured crowds? What a laugh! Look how they bristle up, threaten on every side, clumsy and embarrassed in the enemy's territory, far, very far from themselves. Lacking knives, they learn to use their elbows and their eyes." http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/pub_contents/5 http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/pub_contents/5
  - sliverstorm 12y ago
    So basically, moderation of a forum of discussion is nothing other than an embodiment of bloodlust.
  - etherael 12y ago
    You might have a point if you apply those arguments to actual censorship rather than expressed disagreement or disinterest. Even there though, to say that censorship should be seen as violence obscures more than illuminates.
mikeash 12y ago
Downvoting isn't violence. If you feel so hurt by the loss of imaginary Internet points, you need to sit down and seriously think about what has gone so badly in your life to bring you to this point, and how you're going to fix it.
- rokhayakebe 12y ago
  Some of you have treated me of an idiot. Some have insulted me in other ways. Some have said I am being dramatic and all. Now you are are saying something has gone badly in my life, yet you know close to nothing of me outside this opinion that I have. Wow. ;) I forgive you all for the insults. We have a long way to go. Edit: Besides, I think I have been around HN long enough to not worry about imaginary points. I have no idea where you got that from.
  - mikeash 12y ago
    You compared downvotes to physical violence, but you "have no idea" why I think you care way too much about your imaginary points? Just connect the dots.
    - rokhayakebe 12y ago
      you need to sit down and seriously think about what has gone so badly in your life to bring you to this point Thanks. But always remember for the brief and last encounter we ever have, instead of clarifying where I was mistaken, you chose to insult me. Thanks man.
      - mikeash 12y ago
        It's not an insult. I genuinely think that something has gone terribly wrong for you if you care this much about downvotes, and you should do something about it.
      - rokhayakebe 12y ago
        @Mikeash. Thanks. Will do.

buckbova 12y ago

C'mon. You're just getting silly now.

rokhayakebe 12y ago
I give up on this one. I just do not see eye to eye with you guys on this and it is apparent I do not have the skills to convince you that you are heading in the wrong direction. At any rate, nice chat.

etherael 12y ago

Here's a better reason; speech has value, some less than others, a feedback mechanism allowing the audience to make a judgement on how much value a given piece has is no more evidence for the innate psychopathy of men than a mute button on a TV remote or an install of adblocker is.

rokhayakebe 12y ago
Last statement on this subject: I will just hold it that I do not agree with all of you and see it as violent. That you do not see as such scares the living crap out of me. Your idea of mute is to downvote, not ignoring a commentator, someone else's idea is just more physical, but ideologically similar.
- icebraining 12y ago
  I think I know what you mean. Your comments remind me if an excerpt from a Situationist work, The Revolution of Everyday Life (by Raoul Vaneigem): "an obscene hobbling rhythm. In the ebb and flow of the crowds sucked in and crushed together by the coming and going of suburban trains, and coughed out into streets, offices, factories, there is nothing but timid retreats, brutal attacks, smirking faces and scratches delivered for no apparent reason. Soured by unwanted encounters, wine turns to vinegar in the mouth. Innocent and good-natured crowds? What a laugh! Look how they bristle up, threaten on every side, clumsy and embarrassed in the enemy's territory, far, very far from themselves. Lacking knives, they learn to use their elbows and their eyes." http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/pub_contents/5 http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/pub_contents/5
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  So basically, moderation of a forum of discussion is nothing other than an embodiment of bloodlust.
- etherael 12y ago
  You might have a point if you apply those arguments to actual censorship rather than expressed disagreement or disinterest. Even there though, to say that censorship should be seen as violence obscures more than illuminates.

mikeash 12y ago

Downvoting isn't violence. If you feel so hurt by the loss of imaginary Internet points, you need to sit down and seriously think about what has gone so badly in your life to bring you to this point, and how you're going to fix it.

rokhayakebe 12y ago
Some of you have treated me of an idiot. Some have insulted me in other ways. Some have said I am being dramatic and all. Now you are are saying something has gone badly in my life, yet you know close to nothing of me outside this opinion that I have. Wow. ;) I forgive you all for the insults. We have a long way to go. Edit: Besides, I think I have been around HN long enough to not worry about imaginary points. I have no idea where you got that from.
- mikeash 12y ago
  You compared downvotes to physical violence, but you "have no idea" why I think you care way too much about your imaginary points? Just connect the dots.
  - rokhayakebe 12y ago
    you need to sit down and seriously think about what has gone so badly in your life to bring you to this point Thanks. But always remember for the brief and last encounter we ever have, instead of clarifying where I was mistaken, you chose to insult me. Thanks man.
    - mikeash 12y ago
      It's not an insult. I genuinely think that something has gone terribly wrong for you if you care this much about downvotes, and you should do something about it.
    - rokhayakebe 12y ago
      @Mikeash. Thanks. Will do.