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That's not what happened. Certain users have additional moderation power to downweighted generic/offtopic comments. I encourage you to read the answer dang post
by ascar 4y ago
That's not what happened. Certain users have additional moderation power to downweighted generic/offtopic comments. I encourage you to read the answer dang posted in his linked thread. The linked post is also not the one that got downweighted.
Just to be clear: I don't think there is anything outrageous about such a system. It's probably positive for the community.
- ushakov 4y agowhat happened is i pissed some people off and they manipulated the comment section so it ended up looking like the product is well-received by the community my comment was on-topic and had valid points contributing to the discussion the generic/offtopic is just a cover up in fact why don't we just downrank your comment right here and mark it as generic or maybe off-topic? /s
- dang 4y agoThat's not what happened. I've explained in detail what did happen, many times, so this doesn't seem to be about facts. We cut users a lot more slack when they're making shit up about HN, YC, YC startups, and so on, but the amount of slack we cut is nonetheless finite and it's time you stopped. Lest we hear more about how you're being repressed: people criticize HN, YC, and YC startups all the time here with zero problems. You, however, have derailed more than one discussion now by inundating it with dozens of sensational, false, and/or offtopic comments. That is not what HN threads are for, and even though we moderate HN less when YC startups are the topic, we eventually have to draw a line. Actually I have the impression that you're rather a good commenter in general and this isn't personal in any way, so if you want to fix this, it won't be hard.