Not just downvoted, flagged off the front page like a brick, while this fluff is on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18606070 https://news.

Not just downvoted, flagged off the front page like a brick, while this fluff is on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18606070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18606070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18612237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18612237 I love how all people talking about the second piece refute it, but it has over 30 upvotes. Maybe it's not a social phenomenon, maybe it's the fact that people can vote and flag without that being public, on a site that requires nothing but a password, posting some generics about programming to get 500 karma and off you go.