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How is this downvoted to oblivion 5 minutes after posting?

by rayuela 6y ago

oldmartin 6y ago
wumao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
- dang 6y ago
  You've broken the site guidelines like this several times already. If you keep doing that we're going to have to ban you. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here.
  - oldmartin 6y ago
    I answered the user's question, what rule was broken? chinese propagandists (paid and non-paid) overunning online spaces is well documented. I even linked the Wiki article about the well-known '50 cent army'. You think anti-china posts being severley downvoted within minutes happens organically? Lmao, ok, if that's the rules around here ban away. Maybe think about what side of history you want to be on while your at it.
jitendrac 6y ago
The same happened with my comment yesterday, but I refrained from complaining, later I got some upvotes. As of my last 10 year experience on HN, the average HN crowd I know will just read such comments and slide to next one.
ithinkinstereo 6y ago
Because it’s a ridiculous rant that stereotypes an entire country and people based on one anecdote. Plenty of entrepreneurs have been cheated / outplayed in the west in the same exact way. See the recent controversy about Amazon meeting with / investing in, startup companies for the purposes of stealing and cheating. On a sidenote, wumao exists in the west too. And it’s just as sloppy. See AMA from CIA Asset Rushan Abbas: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e9ad4n/i_am_rushan_abbas_uyghur_activist_and_survivor_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e9ad4n/i_am_rushan_ab... Or this strange one from the Human Rights Watch China Director: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hwi7ub/i_am_sophie_richardson_china_director_at_human/ https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hwi7ub/i_am_soph...

How is this downvoted to oblivion 5 minutes after posting?

oldmartin 6y ago

wumao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

dang 6y ago
You've broken the site guidelines like this several times already. If you keep doing that we're going to have to ban you. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here.
- oldmartin 6y ago
  I answered the user's question, what rule was broken? chinese propagandists (paid and non-paid) overunning online spaces is well documented. I even linked the Wiki article about the well-known '50 cent army'. You think anti-china posts being severley downvoted within minutes happens organically? Lmao, ok, if that's the rules around here ban away. Maybe think about what side of history you want to be on while your at it.

jitendrac 6y ago

The same happened with my comment yesterday, but I refrained from complaining, later I got some upvotes. As of my last 10 year experience on HN, the average HN crowd I know will just read such comments and slide to next one.

ithinkinstereo 6y ago

Because it’s a ridiculous rant that stereotypes an entire country and people based on one anecdote. Plenty of entrepreneurs have been cheated / outplayed in the west in the same exact way. See the recent controversy about Amazon meeting with / investing in, startup companies for the purposes of stealing and cheating. On a sidenote, wumao exists in the west too. And it’s just as sloppy. See AMA from CIA Asset Rushan Abbas: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e9ad4n/i_am_rushan_abbas_uyghur_activist_and_survivor_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e9ad4n/i_am_rushan_ab... Or this strange one from the Human Rights Watch China Director: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hwi7ub/i_am_sophie_richardson_china_director_at_human/ https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hwi7ub/i_am_soph...