[DanBC]

You down vote the trolls. You ignore trolls if you do not have enough karma to down vote.

Meta conversation should make some kind of attempt at politeness and helpfulness. Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.

[BlackDeath3]

>Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.

Why, because we're "Team HN"? That's silly.

[saraid216]

Because it's counterproductive, pointless, and against the guidelines.

[BlackDeath3]

>counterproductive

Unless it encourages someone to change poor behavior.

>pointless

See above.

>against the guidelines

Perhaps. Perhaps the guidelines should be rethought.

[DanBC]

You asked for an explanation of the downvotes.

You have been given an explanation of the downvotes.

What you chose to do with that information is up to you.

[BlackDeath3]

I thought the explanation was poor, so I chose to explain why. Thanks for the useless comment.

[DanBC]

No, because we're not team hn.

Saying "go back to 4chan" is exactly the kind of team hn behaviour that people don't like.

[BlackDeath3]

It's not a team thing, it's a "let's keep useless content away from here" sort of thing.

[DanBC]

Downvote it. Ignore it. Say "HN will down vote useless content" if you like. But mentioning another community will attract downvotes. You are insulting users of those other communities and there are often overlaps between users of them and HN.

By mentioning another community you are turning it into a "Team HN" thing. And that's something that you suggested was bad.

[BlackDeath3]

OK. The team thing is fair. I was attempting to contrast the sort of content I usually see here with 4Chan-type content (and I don't really care if that is insulting, if it is true), but you're right. I would downvote the post if I was able to. Alas, I suppose I'll ignore it.