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Ironically, they are proving the point of his comment. There is a pretty large group of people here that will downvote anything that is critical of actions tak
by downandout 6y ago
Ironically, they are proving the point of his comment. There is a pretty large group of people here that will downvote anything that is critical of actions taken by the left, even when that criticism is fully justified. The NYT doxxes people that they believe disagree with them...HN just downvotes them into oblivion. This comment, and likely yours, will also get many downvotes.
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- throwaway_19sz 6y agoYou are wrong here, at least in my case. I feel very strongly that the NYT was wrong to dox Scott Alexander, and I cancelled my subscription over it. But I also downvoted the comment you are referring to, because I think it lowers the quality of the discussion and even weakens the argument against the NYT. See my other comment nearby for more explanation.
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- DataWorker 6y agoFalse flag down votes are real too.
- DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago> they are proving the point of his comment Except my comment had nothing to do with downvoting on HN, nor was it a general attack of "the left" (fuck, I am on the left myself) so it isn't really proving anything. Unless, of course, this the NYT staff raiding HN downvoting comments, but something tells me that's neither the case nor what you're talking about.
- downandout 6y agoThis is an attempt to bully competition (both in ideology... This is what I was referring to. The NYT used doxxing to bully him because of how they perceived his views. Much of HN uses downvotes to bully and silence anything that criticizes the left.