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Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by BrandonM on Sunday March 30, 2008 @01:15PM (#150246)
Making fun does not add value. Hacker News is not about who's right, it's about making a point rationally enough that others can see where you're coming from.

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=149052

Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by mynameishere on Sunday March 30, 2008 @02:01PM (#150282)
Lighten up.
Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by xlnt on Sunday March 30, 2008 @02:17PM (#150293)
You just linked me to a thread I wrote half a dozen comments in? Did you read it? :)

Certain types of making fun of things make for valid comments. In this case, I was pointing out the striking similarity between what he said, and 1984.

Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by BrandonM on Sunday March 30, 2008 @02:33PM (#150306)
Sorry about that, I somehow missed the reference. As for the comment thread, I did read it a few days ago, but I don't typically go back and re-read comment threads. Also, I don't tend to recognize names until I've seen them a lot. I was making the (apparently wrong) assumption that as a relatively new user, you weren't familiar with Hacker News karma-assignment trends.

I had already voted all three of the posts up, anyways, because I felt the highly-negative karma was a bit unfair.

Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by xlnt on Sunday March 30, 2008 @02:45PM (#150319)
People missing the reference was kind of my guess, but I wasn't sure. Thanks.

And, yeah, I knew that asking why the downmodding would be downmodded. It's ok. It was worth it.

And I expected you had read the comment thread and just didn't remember my name, but it was still funny ;p