It's not weird at all. Posts pushing baseless and debunked conspiracy theories[1] are getting downvoted into oblivion. Posts with highly questionable takes[2,

It's not weird at all. Posts pushing baseless and debunked conspiracy theories[1] are getting downvoted into oblivion. Posts with highly questionable takes[2, 3] are also seeing the same. Even perspectives that tend to agree with the general HN consensus but are overly antagonistic[4] are receiving this treatment. The system is working as intended. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33986398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33986398 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985551 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985732 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985784