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by chistev 2 hours ago
I don't like how HN users downvote honest questions instead of engaging with it.

Left you an upvote because I'm interested in responses to this.

2 comments

I appreciate you! My goal here is to guide people who care about things to take a little step toward working on them. :)
And I got down voted. Lol.
Yes, it's presumably a problem, but you also can't know why somebody is downvoting. They might believe a comment is dishonest or distracting or otherwise low-quality or non-curious, or breaks one of the subjective site rules.

I try not to make assumptions when I get downvoted. I think: Maybe I was a little sarcastic or aggressive or I implied something weaselly; or maybe the downvoter just disagreed with me. I don't assume either way, and I don't guess about moral high ground or whatever. All my comment's points tell me is what delta of people clicked the down arrow, not what was in their heads individually.

Oh yeah, I just try to reinforce the HN guidelines when I can!