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> Please don't downvote without explanation,

Downvotes exist to improve the signal to noise ratio on HN: please do, generally, downvote without explanation. If something is productive and worth discussing, that's a sign that its not worth a downvote.



Hmm, i guess i just don't understand the downvote though. Ie, clearly the person who downvoted knows something i don't. I'd like to understand that!

It seems the person downvoting would rather me not view it (as it's not "constructive"), but i can view it.. and i am, yet how am i to know why the downvote was given? Is the author lying? Is it a spam link? Is the author wrong? etcetc




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