obvious logic, link to wiki for explanation of common term -- u my friend are due for about 5 upvotes in the HN chain of circular validation.
i understand it as a way for SNR sure, but mostly its just a way to fade the text of people you disagree with. it doesn't solve much for people who can skim, & it usually just makes me more curious about what got downvoted (some of the comments are very insightful but just pissed off those with normative opinion)
im just not into kool-aid drinking & the weird PG (harhar no pun intended) vibe of HN while downvoting & having this weird karma system smacks of lame culty passive aggression, which incidentally is much more offensive to me than actual aggression
also i wasn't gonna say anything but can't help from chuckling about it -- i am an audio DSP engineer so by nature I've probably done more work/research concerning SNR than 99% of people on the planet ever will lol.
i didnt want to come of as indignant tho, its just a funny coincidence. you never quite know who you are condescending to on here
Not society, just the SNR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio).