IE6 is still trolling developers • Hacker News Board

Re: IE6 is still trolling developers

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Post by DiabloD3 » Sat, Feb 25, 2012, 1:51 PM UTC

howellnick wrote: post #4

benologist wrote: post #3

I don't get it ... half their users didn't add any skills so they added "Loving IE6" and created news?

It's just a motivator to "correct" their skills and enter real ones. Who wants to say they "love IE6"? Hah, I like it.

I love IE6. It has caused years of pain to web devs, something that I, too, someday wish to do.

(I expect to get downvoted for my brutal honesty, and frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn).

Re: IE6 is still trolling developers

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Post by bitsweet » Sat, Feb 25, 2012, 3:09 PM UTC

geoka9 wrote: post #20

howellnick wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did not add any content whatsoever. facepalm It's simply a mind trick to get a much higher percent of users to add their skills to their profile.

Do these defaults appear in the list of user's skills or not?

They do not. We've updated the UI to make that much more clear.

Re: IE6 is still trolling developers

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Post by rictic » Sat, Feb 25, 2012, 7:43 PM UTC

JoachimSchipper wrote: post #18

swanson wrote: post #6

This really rubs me the wrong way and I just revoked access to my Github account for Coderwall. You are adding content that appears to be added by me, but that I did not authorize you to add to my profile. Not cool.

Parent appears to be a good-faith contribution to the discussion. Please do not downvote it just because you disagree.

I downvoted because the parent misread the article and as a consequence is taking a strong stand from a misinformed starting point. The discussion that results will not likely be very interesting.