Re:The Great Big Porn Block is coming
by NAFV_P on Monday December 23, 2013 @05:33PM
(#6956998)
> If only people on HN could be downvoted for being completely and arguably wilfully ignorant about what they comment on.
I'm new to HN, so I recently had a good look at the rules governing it. They are a bit more complex than your average site, and bound to cause a bit of controversy.
In the HN FAQ:
> There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold.
I recently posted a comment regarding some hybrid C/C++ code:
A comment of mine was downvoted, which I was a bit surprised at, then was upvoted when other hackers responded to it. To be fair the comment lacked sufficient information, which I corrected with a follow up. I'm thinking that the hacker who downvoted it doesn't know that much C, so I am not that really that bothered about it.
I'm new to HN, so I recently had a good look at the rules governing it. They are a bit more complex than your average site, and bound to cause a bit of controversy.
In the HN FAQ:
> There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold.
I recently posted a comment regarding some hybrid C/C++ code:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6949474
A comment of mine was downvoted, which I was a bit surprised at, then was upvoted when other hackers responded to it. To be fair the comment lacked sufficient information, which I corrected with a follow up. I'm thinking that the hacker who downvoted it doesn't know that much C, so I am not that really that bothered about it.