Comment by fao_ | Hacker News Reader

Comment by fao_ | Hacker News Reader

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Hey. I feel that I should say that a lot of your recent comments were dead. I read them and I couldn't see any obvious reason why. I vouched for a few and I hope that might make the HN system reconsider, but you might want to test any new posts in a private browser window for a while just to check that they're actually getting posted.

I feel that I should say to people who are downvoting this comment: You're using the downvote as a disagreement, rather than to filter the content you would like to see on Hacker News.

Content on Hacker News should be: relevant, considered, well-written. I don't see anything above that isn't any of those points. Just because you disagree with something, doesn't mean you should downvote it.

Just a note to say that when I see a hell-banned commentator where there's no obvious cause, I email the mods to draw their attention to it. I can't recall a time where the account hasn't been reactivated, and I've received a courtesy email usually with a brief explanation.

I don't think they are downvoting as a disagreement in this case. The answer seems self serving and less about fostering discussion about the information presented so much as self-aggrandizing.

It read, to me, like "I don't see why medieval monks cared about death since I don't." Then there was the dollop of "I am atheist/agnostic," which again didn't seem to be usefully on topic.

That isn't to say you shouldn't discuss these things, it is an interesting conversation to have... But look at where this comment was placed; on a summary of the article.

The whole thing just felt like something that deserved a place on Reddit's "IamVerySmart" subreddit rather than on Hackernews.

> It read, to me, like "I don't see why medieval monks cared about death since I don't."

I didn't see anything self-aggrandizing in what was written, merely someone describing how they personally related to both the comment and the article. I can't see a reason why it wasn't relevant since the post above it is basically the same sort of thing, just with different conclusions.

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