Reddit has auto-downranking of contentious discussions!? Anyways, if you are concerned you can email dang (hn@ycombinator.com iirc) and he can fix it. I've had

Reddit has auto-downranking of contentious discussions!? Anyways, if you are concerned you can email dang (hn@ycombinator.com iirc) and he can fix it. I've had really good luck contacting him about stuff like that.