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I don’t know the exact algorithm, but I can give you a good idea why this might have happened. I hope you feel I’m not being critical, but rather trying to help
by spacebacon 2y ago
I don’t know the exact algorithm, but I can give you a good idea why this might have happened. I hope you feel I’m not being critical, but rather trying to help explain that this is probably not personal…
1. Sensitive Topic
2. Rhetorical Questions and Ambiguity
3. Implied Criticism
4. Complex Sentence Structure (I’m guilty of writing in the same format as my thoughts too)
5. The Typo (“own country” instead of “on country”)
This effectively describes why you were likely algorithmically downvoted.
- chiefalchemist 2y agoOk. But 0 would be: obvious (to me) facts. Fact: The US economy needs the headcount, esp since birthrates are down. Fact: When we "win" the best & the brightest, the country they came from loses. Imagine if instead of fighting the American Revolution, everyone picked up and moved to (e.g.) Canada. The US loves to brag about the win, but never comes clean on the countries that lose. These key facts are too often not mentioned in the context of this topic, because they alter the myth and change the narrative. So the solution is... DV'ing? Anywhere else, that would be funny. On HN it's sad.
- spacebacon 2y agoThere is a place for us bottom readers on HN’s too. Honor the downvote.
- chiefalchemist 2y agoI do. But what bother me is how consistently these an off topic comment and then a long subdiscussion that continues the irrelevance. I come here to avoid random smalsmall minded down voting. It doesn't help at all