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I generally stay out of speculation and fear mongering, but the fact that your comment has been repeatedly - and quickly - downvoted worries me. The CEO of a $

by zhdc1 6y ago

I generally stay out of speculation and fear mongering, but the fact that your comment has been repeatedly - and quickly - downvoted worries me. The CEO of a $600B global publicly traded company disappeared for several months. This does not explicitly mean that he was detained, but it should be a point of concern. Imagine the outcry if this happened to an American CEO with controversial political opinions (there are a lot of them, so take your pick).

echelon 6y ago
> I generally stay out of speculation and fear mongering, but the fact that your comment has been repeatedly - and quickly - downvoted worries me. You should take a look at my post history, then. Any time I express concern over China I'm voted into oblivion. It's the same with Apple, but that I expect. Recently I think someone has taken to downvoting entirely innocuous posts I make from my post history. Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour. You're about to be downvoted too, btw.
- sebmellen 6y ago
  Just wanted to say I've seen you around HN and respect your principles on this front. Would love to get in touch, contact info is in my profile or I can send you a message if your profile Gmail is accurate.
  - slumpt_ 6y ago
    Yep. Same. Tired of posts like that being flagged, and then derided by the mods here as problematic for highlighting plain realities. We cannot bend to the misinformation from China or any corrupt world government.
- glenstein 6y ago
  >Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour. This has also been happening on Reddit threads where people post comments critical of China. Top level comments are critical, but then far down the thread, low visibility comments suddenly swing aggressively upward or downward by dozens of votes if they relate to China.

by zhdc1 6y ago

echelon 6y ago

> I generally stay out of speculation and fear mongering, but the fact that your comment has been repeatedly - and quickly - downvoted worries me. You should take a look at my post history, then. Any time I express concern over China I'm voted into oblivion. It's the same with Apple, but that I expect. Recently I think someone has taken to downvoting entirely innocuous posts I make from my post history. Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour. You're about to be downvoted too, btw.

sebmellen 6y ago
Just wanted to say I've seen you around HN and respect your principles on this front. Would love to get in touch, contact info is in my profile or I can send you a message if your profile Gmail is accurate.
- slumpt_ 6y ago
  Yep. Same. Tired of posts like that being flagged, and then derided by the mods here as problematic for highlighting plain realities. We cannot bend to the misinformation from China or any corrupt world government.
glenstein 6y ago
>Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour. This has also been happening on Reddit threads where people post comments critical of China. Top level comments are critical, but then far down the thread, low visibility comments suddenly swing aggressively upward or downward by dozens of votes if they relate to China.