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can't post anything negative about Google on HN. Will get automatically down voted by their thousands of drones, I mean employees.

• Gigablah 10y ago
  Is it actually possible to downvote postings on HN? (Why am I being downvoted for asking an honest question?)
  • thesimpsons1022 10y ago
    yes but I believe you need a certain amount of karma
    • hueving 10y ago
      You can't downvote articles, just comments (at least with my karma). IIRC articles move down if they fail to receive up votes and collect comments.
      • striking 10y ago
        You can't ever downvote articles, although they will drop faster in ranking if they're flagged by (many) users. Also, there's a "flamewar detector" which has something to do with vote to comment ratio.
    • mucker 10y ago
      And trust me, the down votes tend to be pro-marxist. So that this is getting so much attention speaks volumes about just HOW bad he presented this tale.
      • eru 10y ago
        How do you tell where the downvotes are coming from?
  • deleted 10y ago
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  • eru 10y ago
    Please disregard early downvotes. It still mostly balances out in the longer run so far. But these days will end as well.
• timbuckley 10y ago
  Really? This is on the front page.