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I have found that downvotes and flags tend to appear on them within a second or two of submitting, which does suggest automated suppression, whether by HN or ju
by vanniv 7y ago
I have found that downvotes and flags tend to appear on them within a second or two of submitting, which does suggest automated suppression, whether by HN or just by bots.
- vanniv 7y agoIncluding this one, which was already at zero by the time I could refresh the page from submitting.
- dang 7y agoIf flags are appearing on them, that is because users are flagging them. Your comments are likely being downvoted because they break the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Note the second-last one.