I apologize for being unable to completely enumerate all the possibilities of inane comments. That being said "Yeaaaah! Cappuccino Rocks Da House!!! :-)" is closer to "leet speak, fanboi terms, and first post claims" in general than it is to contributing to the discussion.
Why is being told that your post is not contributing considered "punishment"? There's only a single axis for people to express their vote on, and thus that's the only effective way to communicate that someone thinks something isn't contributing. Downvoting is not a personal attack (shouldn't be used as such and shouldn't be interpreted as such), but the belief is that it sufficiently sends a message that such content isn't wanted, for whatever reason (the fact that no reason is supplied is a deficiency in the system itself, having only one axis, not in the use of down votes).
I apologize for being unable to completely enumerate all the possibilities of inane comments.
Are we approaching Reddity levels of snarkiness already?
You're right in that there's no need to enumerate all possible offenses, but still, I think the comment was not harmful enough to warrant such a strong negative response.
Inane comments aside, are you sure we're not taking things too seriously?
Is it really absolutely certain that by not sending a strong message, "condemning" any comments that are not dressed up in fancy words and complicated sentences, Hacker News would just totally fall apart?
I can say not much at all in a complicated sentence, and still get no downvotes for not contributing to a conversation.
Is there really no middle ground worth exploring, between the circle-jerk of witticisms with a few insightful and informative comments sprinkled in between that is Reddit, and the rigid, enforced seriousness of HN?
If you post something along the lines of "first!" or general fanboism, you're more than likely going to get a number of downvotes. That's how it's always been here, and that's the whole point of the entire fucking karma system. It's intended to instigate, hopefully, meaningful discussions, or at least something that reflects a thoughtful presence.
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I apologize for being unable to completely enumerate all the possibilities of inane comments. That being said "Yeaaaah! Cappuccino Rocks Da House!!! :-)" is closer to "leet speak, fanboi terms, and first post claims" in general than it is to contributing to the discussion.
Why is being told that your post is not contributing considered "punishment"? There's only a single axis for people to express their vote on, and thus that's the only effective way to communicate that someone thinks something isn't contributing. Downvoting is not a personal attack (shouldn't be used as such and shouldn't be interpreted as such), but the belief is that it sufficiently sends a message that such content isn't wanted, for whatever reason (the fact that no reason is supplied is a deficiency in the system itself, having only one axis, not in the use of down votes).
I apologize for being unable to completely enumerate all the possibilities of inane comments.
Are we approaching Reddity levels of snarkiness already?
You're right in that there's no need to enumerate all possible offenses, but still, I think the comment was not harmful enough to warrant such a strong negative response.
Inane comments aside, are you sure we're not taking things too seriously?
Is it really absolutely certain that by not sending a strong message, "condemning" any comments that are not dressed up in fancy words and complicated sentences, Hacker News would just totally fall apart?
I can say not much at all in a complicated sentence, and still get no downvotes for not contributing to a conversation.
Is there really no middle ground worth exploring, between the circle-jerk of witticisms with a few insightful and informative comments sprinkled in between that is Reddit, and the rigid, enforced seriousness of HN?
If you post something along the lines of "first!" or general fanboism, you're more than likely going to get a number of downvotes. That's how it's always been here, and that's the whole point of the entire fucking karma system. It's intended to instigate, hopefully, meaningful discussions, or at least something that reflects a thoughtful presence.
> If you post something along the lines of "first!" or general fanboism, you're more than likely going to get a number of downvotes.
>> Inane comments aside, are you sure we're not taking things too seriously?