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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by mssundaram on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:27PM (#26704233)
Even in this short sample comment I enjoyed your writing. And I agree, that sounds much more satisfying than updoots
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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by mssundaram on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:54PM (#26707493)
I'm mightily confused by the downvotes for the compliment i wrote
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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by ycombinete on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @01:05AM (#26708104)
My guess: it's the word "updoot" that people are downvoting.

Discussion about the voting on comments is generally discouraged[0]:

"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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