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>Probably because it was an unsubstantive and possibly snarky comment on a divisive ideological topic. That's flamebait and therefore against the site guideline
by deltasevennine 4y ago
>Probably because it was an unsubstantive and possibly snarky comment on a divisive ideological topic. That's flamebait and therefore against the site guidelines.
You wish this were true. People get voted up or down because others agree or disagree with the topic, unsubstantiated or not. Nobody truly follows the spirit of HN rules. People place their own ideologies first and they don't even realize it. It's blatantly obvious that this is the case just by looking at what comments are voted up/down and who gets "banned."
- dang 4y agoAll these things can be happening at the same time.
- deltasevennine 4y agoSure. It's a minor possibility. But we both know that personal ideology is the overwhelming motivating factor... so much so that it might as well be described as the singular motivating factor. You don't even need to reference hacker news for evidence of this. Look at other forums, the news, the rest of the world... people operate this way by nature. It is rare for someone to make a genuine attempt to be unbiased; and even rarer for him to succeed in that attempt.