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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21590153

Really unsure why I was downvoted for this. I posted a link to someone else in this thread that has actually talked to Slack employees, it's directly related to the comment I replied to.

Probably for the same reason people downvote when the same comment is copy-pasted all over a thread; I don't need to be linked to somewhere else in the same conversation. I especially don't need to be linked to somewhere else in the conversation that _I have already read because it is higher ranked_. Also possibly: following an opaquish link to find yourself on the very same page is annoying, and kind of the opposite of insightful, which you might be hoping for.

Well I didn't copy and paste the same comment all over, I just posted this link once. The comment I linked was also not higher ranked when I commented, as I commented right around when the original post was made. Every comment in the thread was still getting shuffled around due to upvotes and nothing was stable.

In the future how do you suggest I handle this?

Your comment would have been better received if it had any explanation as to why it was there, like

"someone else in this thread said that they know some slack employees and it's true: <link> "

that way people scanning know what the link is and why it's there.

Yes, this would probably have been better recieved.

But it's only a few downvotes, and I think that total downvote count effect is limited to only a few points per post? So don't sweat it.

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