> the post ended up around -2 which is not "the community" The post is hidden from view once it becomes flagged dead; and before it happened, no one bothered t

> the post ended up around -2 which is not "the community" The post is hidden from view once it becomes flagged dead; and before it happened, no one bothered to mod it up to undo what they'd think could be an unfair down vote. You may rationalize all you want, but fact remains that pjc50's post was not flagged down, and yours was, even though they were "suggesting exactly" the same point. I just pointed out this factual difference, and proposed what I think is the most likely reason. If you keep thinking that you got downmodded not for the style of your post but for its contents, by "people who care for no dialogue", then how do you explain that pjc50's post was not downmodded as well?