Defn: Smear: a usually unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization — often used attributively. Edit: My comment above, the definition

Defn: Smear: a usually unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization — often used attributively. Edit: My comment above, the definition of a smear, was posted in reference to a NYT article regarding Deutsche bank staff who supposedly saw "suspicious activity" in Trump/Kushner accounts. After I posted I quickly got a few up-votes then within minutes the post was flagged. What is weird is that many minutes later after the post was pulled I got multiple downvotes for an article that is not even visible. I thought people should know that HN is being gamed.