That does tend to happen to negative Microsoft stories/comments here. Pet theory: Their employees or partner developers aren't quite as mellow as e.g. Googlers

That does tend to happen to negative Microsoft stories/comments here. Pet theory: Their employees or partner developers aren't quite as mellow as e.g. Googlers when it comes to allowing criticism on HN. I think it's a weakness that HN allows this to happen by means of flagging.