[wiuiu]

really David ? Come on. How many times you made mistake ? Were you demoted and/or fired for mistake ? Now, let's not argue that you or all of us has not fucked up. In my 7 yrs. as engineer I have seen worse. However, that's not excuse to run to boss/CEO to demote someone and take over their job. Think about their family,kids before you do such act.

If you defend such behavior for taking over job/demotion I seriously think there lies greater problem in tech community.

Edit: HN is getting fucked up day by day. Any simple disagreement is greeted with downvotes. Carry on.

[cleverjake]

"you are a terrible human being" is not really a simple disagreement.

"That seems like a rude thing to do" would be.

What you said was a personal attack, and a quite rude one at that.

[dang]

> What you said was a personal attack, and a quite rude one at that.

That's correct, and no doubt the reason for the downvotes.

[waterlesscloud]

The downvotes here have grown way out of control. Simple disagreement with the majority opinion results in massive downvoting.

I've even seen numerous posts that contain nothing but factual information that displeases the audience here be voted down into the gray. The post can be in the flattest, most neutral tone possible, and if it's not what people want to hear, down it goes.

It's discouraging, and it's to a point where I no longer feel a desire to participate in this community. Frankly, I'm finding a number of subreddits to be more inviting and more interesting these days.

I don't really see what can be done about it, if you even agree it's an issue, but I did want to make a point of letting you know about a problem I've seen grow worse over recent months.

[DanBC]

Do you have links to examples?

[dalore]

Everyone has made mistakes. But it takes a certain special person to stick their head in the sand when their mistakes are pointed out.

Make your mistake, take responsibility, learn and continue on.