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> I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. Easy. It's a highly politicized thread, and in those sort of thread, driveby downvoting isnt uncommon, even on HN.
by non-entity 6y ago
> I'm not sure why you're being downvoted.
Easy. It's a highly politicized thread, and in those sort of thread, driveby downvoting isnt uncommon, even on HN.
- luckylion 6y agoDare I say: especially on HN? There's a lot of flagging for anything that may be construed as political. Some of it then gets restored by a mod overriding community moderation. I have no idea about the amount that gets flagged, but I notice it quite a bit just by going to the front page and seeing something and if I happened to go back to it a minute later, poof, it's gone.
- perl4ever 6y agoThe opinion is a very stereotyped one, that has been very widely expressed all my life and probably far longer. The conspiracy theory about the drug industry has been common forever, but it fits a more general pattern, like the Miracle Carburetor. Obviously nobody can answer why something is downvoted, and discussing voting is discouraged, but personally, I'd like to see a controversial opinion that is original and interesting, not cliched. Me, I wouldn't downvote something for only being wrong (IMO) or weird.