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> "Not sure why you're being downvoted" The "5 year old" comment probably has something to do with it. HN doesn't tend to downvote people into the gray just b
by Crito 12y ago
> "Not sure why you're being downvoted"
The "5 year old" comment probably has something to do with it. HN doesn't tend to downvote people into the gray just because they are saying something that other people disagree with, unless the comment is also not particularly civil.
- FeeTinesAMady 12y agoYes, they do. See my comment near the top. Nothing disrespectful about it, just opinionated.
- Crito 12y agoI see only two of your comments in recent history are downvoted into the gray: This one is not civil, as it personally attacks another commenter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169613 "That says a lot about you." This one is in defense of the less-than-civil comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169781 I say things that many people disagree with all the time on HN, but pretty much the only times that I am downvoted into the gray are when I am not civil. For instance, the only comment of mine that has been grayed in this discussion is this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9169426 That comment is little more than a personal attack, and was therefore downvoted.