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by radu_floricica 5961 days ago
> by phrasing a comment in such a way that if I don't respond it seems like it's because I have no response to make

I dare say not many people here would fall for that, and you shouldn't really care about those who do. Most are still surprised you take the time to answer as much as you do.

I'd say the problems with points are different though. From the way my comments are voted recently I noticed three things:

- the upvoted comments are those which fit the common opinion, and upvoting them is used to express it.

- the ones I honestly considered good and original stay at 1-2. I have absolutely no idea if they made an impact whatsoever.

- from the way scores fluctuate I'm guessing some amount of downvoting

Overall I tend to believe that HN is more and more aggregating _opinions_ instead of _ideas_.