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OK, so I get downvoting a joke that someone doesn't think is helpful to the argument. No problem. But why would someone downvote a legitimate music industry opinion that they disagree with? As someone with over 35 albums to my credit, I just happen to think this isn't a good strategy.

Is the groupthink so strong on HN that someone can't express an opinion supporting the commercial value of professional artists and their work?

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It seems to have balanced out.

The first comment was better off downvoted -- it seemed like you expressly came into the discussion just to insult the artist, which is just irritating.

The second comment doesn't seem to have negative karma at this point (it's not terribly insightful -- you don't back anything up, but it's not otherwise bad).

And this comment here is rightly trending a bit negative -- "why did you downvote my comment" threads aren't worth much.

An opinion that's against the artist's wishes and insults their intelligence? Legitimate downvote.

Can you explain how they could release them digitally if they don't have the rights to all of the samples on it?

Given that constraint, how is giving their music away for free (and getting marketing information about their fans) a poor choice vs just letting the more savvy ones download it from the pirate bay?

I up-voted the comment before I saw this response, as I always do when I see a valid opinion down-voted. Down-voting opposing viewpoints is annoying, but generally people like me will negate it, so there isn't much to be gained from complaining about it.

Understood - thanks for the feedback.

Is the groupthink so strong on HN that someone can't express an opinion supporting the commercial value of professional artists and their work?

Yes.

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