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it started a few months ago, at first I thought it was a coincidence but the similar number of downvotes always make it with no explanation for downvotes. Now
by brilliantcode 9y ago
it started a few months ago, at first I thought it was a coincidence but the similar number of downvotes always make it with no explanation for downvotes.
Now it's blatantly obvious somebody is drive by downvote manipulating my comments.
- gus_massa 9y agoThe similar number of downvotes may be explained because many users (i.e. me) don't like to downvote grey comments (unless they are very offensive or extremely wrong). Moreover, I sometimes upvote grey comments that I don't like because they are too light grey (unless they are offensive or very wrong). I guess I'm not the only one. So this may explain that some comments stabilize in the same tone of grey. As the other comment said, try asking the mods hn@ycombinator.com
- brilliantcode 9y agoYeah except the timing of the downvotes are always the same, which made me think somebody is doing it on purpose. Having said that, I believe that there is a ring of high karma accounts manipulating and censoring comments. I see regular comments that shouldn't be downvoted censored because it's critical of some startup/company that has HN users involved. Anyways, my trust for HN is at an all time low.