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Could you explain the downvotes? I'm new to HN and would like to learn.
by contentfairplay 11y ago
Could you explain the downvotes? I'm new to HN and would like to learn.
- MrScruff 11y agoI would imagine the downvotes are because of the 'super secret walled garden, full of itself' comment, which is negative in tone. You could have said instead something like, 'As someone that knows people who've worked at Apple, I doubt many of them would know the answer to this or be allowed to post here if they did.' https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- vacri 11y agoSnarky comments (like 'full of itself') tend to gain downmods just for that. It's a lot softer than it used to be, though - it used to be that using the lightest touch of humour would also bring the downmod brigade. HN is becoming a much more generic "tech and this-article-I-saw-on-nytimes" site.