I upvoted your remark and it immediately dropped down the page. Evidently I am typhoid mary for unfavourable comment ranking... Joking aside, dang specifically

I upvoted your remark and it immediately dropped down the page. Evidently I am typhoid mary for unfavourable comment ranking... Joking aside, dang specifically denies there is a comment ranking adjustment due to account karma, but not other factors (such as account age, an unseen reputation field, your IP address/choice of web browser/#{1/user.name.size}). We are the blind to Hacker News's elephant in this.