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baby · 2022-04-11 19:21:14

Downvoted because You can correct the article without making it personal

mtmoses | karma 17 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2011-03-26 12:50:37

You can downvote the article at newspapair.com or alter it with your own findings.

technoslut | karma 1408 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2012-06-21 12:01:44+00:00

I didn't downvote you but it would be helpful you cited flaws in the article.

seanalltogether | karma 8471 | avg karma 5.43 · | 2011-08-17 16:24:57

You made a benign claim about the article that was incorrect, and in the interest of not confusing other HNers your comment was downvoted, why are you taking this personally?

yipbub | karma 446 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2021-07-01 06:41:28+00:00

Somebody had downvoted you, not the article. I wanted to know what they had against your point :)

Groxx | karma 17784 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2019-06-08 22:48:48

Re downvotes: it has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the article. That's usually sufficient.

abrookewood | karma 2270 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2016-02-18 01:29:13+00:00

A downvote for correcting an error? Why? EDIT: Ahh ... because the original was correct ...

strictnein | karma 8018 | avg karma 3.53 · | 2018-07-30 20:55:00+00:00

This isn't what the article was about. Hence, the downvotes.

andylei | karma 1816 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2014-07-27 23:45:54+00:00

it has nothing to do with the article. its also unfortunate that this person was so upset over some downvotes.

jdsully | karma 3598 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2019-05-20 22:15:58+00:00

It was down-voted because I didn't explain why the article was relevant. I added the last two sentences a bit later.

bigyikes | karma 3489 | avg karma 5.76 · | 2021-08-08 22:27:05

I didn’t downvote, but it comes across as a nitpick on a thoughtful and reasonable piece.

lonelappde | karma 1602 | avg karma 0.51 · | 2019-11-24 21:49:13+00:00

You are downvoting because the article is about what it said in the headline and not something else?

Because a news site is only for "typical" things?

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dmils4 | karma 106 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2012-02-27 17:44:39

I think I understand why this was downvoted - didn't know this wasn't ok. Now I know.

Only reason I mentioned this is that it brought the essence of the article out in one sentence (tl;dr).

Please either delete my comment, let me delete my original comment, or stop downvoting me. What's the point in downvoting someone repeatedly? I'm not sure how the system works on your end (or if you can see how many others have downvoted), but seems pretty harsh to keep doing this when there was an honest mistake. Thanks.

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tshtf | karma 12707 | avg karma 13.93 · | 2011-09-19 23:20:29+00:00

I downvoted the parent post because before the post was edited, the OP stated he didn't even read the article. If you come here to comment on an article, you should at least try to read it.

j4yav | karma 1 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2020-12-29 05:21:09

I didn't downvote but I think people do because it's almost a stock comment that a bot could automatically apply.

It's guaranteed to appear in about 5% of the comments every time an inaccurate article is being discussed.

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karaterobot | karma 19335 | avg karma 5.24 · | 2023-10-20 15:25:30

You may be being downvoted because you made a comment that is about something other than the topic of the article.

steveklabnik | karma 91260 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2010-02-02 15:50:09+00:00

Well, you're committing an ad homenim, for one thing... this article could be completely, 100% wrong, and it has no affect on the correctness of his next one.

But I also didn't downvote you, so I can't speak for those that did.

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Skinney | karma 1336 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2014-12-10 13:54:56

Ahh, commented on the wrong article... Was wondering why I was downvoted :P

Twisol | karma 3140 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2013-09-10 06:09:48+00:00

No reason to be downvoted - I think some may be missing that you're correcting yourself.

mschuster91 | karma 19531 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2020-08-24 10:05:55+00:00

No idea who downvoted you, thanks for the correction!