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The chutzpah of telling someone what not to ask.
by cpayne624 12y ago
The chutzpah of telling someone what not to ask.
- sanderjd 12y agoIt was merely a reminder of this portion of the site guidelines[0]: "Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." Guidelines are important for online communities and sometimes worth explicitly reminding people of. Personally, I think asking "why am I being downvoted" is better than just complaining, because sometimes it elicits a useful response. It would also be nice if the guidelines were more clear on whether downvotes should be used for disagreement or more like "this comment was made in bad faith". [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html