At the time I write this the parent comment is fairly grey.
I've been pondering what to do or write for a couple of minutes already now but I think I should write something.
I just wanted you to know that (and this is hopefully a good thing) I was about to downvote you, not becaise of who you are or what you do but because the comment was so out of place in context. I even considered (in fact still consider) the option that you are trolling.
I guess this is the case for many here: we might or might not be the biggest supporters, but ai guess the majority of us are "nice" people abd the downvotes have been piling up because 1.) the comment feels extremely out of place 2.) being posted from a throwaway (like mine) makes us suspect trolling 3. I've also considered that maybe GP has done something for your community but it was not obvious neither from your post, GPs profile or anything I could see.
Hopefully the fact that your comment possibly got crushed for stylistic and/or context reasons makes you and people like you feel a bit safer. :-)
PS: I'd feel the same urge to downvote if someone used half their post to describe how they were a
- Buddhist with small children
- Atheist with small children
- Christian with small children
and yes, you'd find me in one if the above bullet points.
PPS: I'm an oldtimer around here.
PPPS: I also miss a general "flag for moderator attention" that might get mods attention but won't have negative consequences for the flagged.
At the time I write this the parent comment is fairly grey.
I've been pondering what to do or write for a couple of minutes already now but I think I should write something.
I just wanted you to know that (and this is hopefully a good thing) I was about to downvote you, not becaise of who you are or what you do but because the comment was so out of place in context. I even considered (in fact still consider) the option that you are trolling.
I guess this is the case for many here: we might or might not be the biggest supporters, but ai guess the majority of us are "nice" people abd the downvotes have been piling up because 1.) the comment feels extremely out of place 2.) being posted from a throwaway (like mine) makes us suspect trolling 3. I've also considered that maybe GP has done something for your community but it was not obvious neither from your post, GPs profile or anything I could see.
Hopefully the fact that your comment possibly got crushed for stylistic and/or context reasons makes you and people like you feel a bit safer. :-)
PS: I'd feel the same urge to downvote if someone used half their post to describe how they were a
- Buddhist with small children
- Atheist with small children
- Christian with small children
and yes, you'd find me in one if the above bullet points.
PPS: I'm an oldtimer around here.
PPPS: I also miss a general "flag for moderator attention" that might get mods attention but won't have negative consequences for the flagged.