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It's actually the opposite. Every comment not critical of China gets downvoted quickly. Proof: comments on this article and other articles critical of China, re

It's actually the opposite. Every comment not critical of China gets downvoted quickly. Proof: comments on this article and other articles critical of China, remotely or overtly.

learc83 8y ago
Downvoting is different from flagging. Articles can't be downvoted only flagged. If you look at the comments in the thread that have been flag killed, they are mostly low quality comments on both sides of the issue. And looking at downvoted comments, there doesn't seem to be much correlation at all between upvotes and whether the comment is critical of China.
- dis-sys 8y ago
  > they are mostly low quality comments on both sides of the issue. Please have a look at the other reply I made in this thread, when someone mentioned that Li Keqiang Index and argued that it is a better indicator of China's real GDP growth, I listed recent figures to show that if Li Keqiang Index is actually more reliable, there would be higher real GDP growth. My cited numbers are from Caixin, which is considered as a pretty reliable private source. What happened to my reply? My "low quality" comment is downvoted within seconds. I don't think China bashing comments are being treated the same way. Rather than just blindly marking other people's replies as of "low quality", maybe you can share some more details on why my downvoted reply above is of low quality and how can I improve from that. Oh, btw, with high confidence that this reply is going to be downvoted fast.
  - learc83 8y ago
    Was your comment flag killed? If it was, it isn't currently. And since I know it wasn't when I made my comment, I wasn't talking about your comment. Downvoting is different from flagging. Enable viewing dead comments, scroll to the bottom, and tell me they aren't low quality. Also 2/3 of the dead comments I see right now are anti-China comments.
  - ksec 8y ago
    I upvoted your last comment, and upvoted this one. I disagree with they are a "better" indicator to what other part of the world uses, but agree with the the index being more reliable than the current one China is using. Agree with the Caixin sources as well. I generally don't downvote something unless they are, meaningless, offer no value to discussions or spreading wrong information that could easily be disproved.
  - thisacctforreal 8y ago
    Downvotes usually settle over time.

It's actually the opposite. Every comment not critical of China gets downvoted quickly. Proof: comments on this article and other articles critical of China, remotely or overtly.

learc83 8y ago

Downvoting is different from flagging. Articles can't be downvoted only flagged. If you look at the comments in the thread that have been flag killed, they are mostly low quality comments on both sides of the issue. And looking at downvoted comments, there doesn't seem to be much correlation at all between upvotes and whether the comment is critical of China.

dis-sys 8y ago
> they are mostly low quality comments on both sides of the issue. Please have a look at the other reply I made in this thread, when someone mentioned that Li Keqiang Index and argued that it is a better indicator of China's real GDP growth, I listed recent figures to show that if Li Keqiang Index is actually more reliable, there would be higher real GDP growth. My cited numbers are from Caixin, which is considered as a pretty reliable private source. What happened to my reply? My "low quality" comment is downvoted within seconds. I don't think China bashing comments are being treated the same way. Rather than just blindly marking other people's replies as of "low quality", maybe you can share some more details on why my downvoted reply above is of low quality and how can I improve from that. Oh, btw, with high confidence that this reply is going to be downvoted fast.
- learc83 8y ago
  Was your comment flag killed? If it was, it isn't currently. And since I know it wasn't when I made my comment, I wasn't talking about your comment. Downvoting is different from flagging. Enable viewing dead comments, scroll to the bottom, and tell me they aren't low quality. Also 2/3 of the dead comments I see right now are anti-China comments.
- ksec 8y ago
  I upvoted your last comment, and upvoted this one. I disagree with they are a "better" indicator to what other part of the world uses, but agree with the the index being more reliable than the current one China is using. Agree with the Caixin sources as well. I generally don't downvote something unless they are, meaningless, offer no value to discussions or spreading wrong information that could easily be disproved.
- thisacctforreal 8y ago
  Downvotes usually settle over time.