curious as to the strong negative response here; usually when I get downvoted a lot I kind of expect it ahead of time, but this one was surprising!
If anyone has guesses as to why this was so unpopular, I’d be interested to hear them.
Edit: the above comment was at −12 within 15 minutes of posting. My best guess now is 1 or 2 strong downvotes? Currently at −2. (I don’t care terminally; I just really don’t know if the comment is bad vs somehow narrowly offensive)
Edit 2: swung up to +17 (not totally sure that’s the exact number), and now down to +2. Glad to be controversial, I suppose. Renewing my bid for anyone to tell me why this comment would be divisive. Genuinely confused.
curious as to the strong negative response here; usually when I get downvoted a lot I kind of expect it ahead of time, but this one was surprising!
If anyone has guesses as to why this was so unpopular, I’d be interested to hear them.
Edit: the above comment was at −12 within 15 minutes of posting. My best guess now is 1 or 2 strong downvotes? Currently at −2. (I don’t care terminally; I just really don’t know if the comment is bad vs somehow narrowly offensive)
Edit 2: swung up to +17 (not totally sure that’s the exact number), and now down to +2. Glad to be controversial, I suppose. Renewing my bid for anyone to tell me why this comment would be divisive. Genuinely confused.
you pierced the veil. the iron law around here is not to mention the author’s intent/motivation, but only the content of their essay.