At the user-level I find the auto-downranking to be a bit too aggressive and annoying, but I admit I don’t have the data to see how much HN’s discourse would be

At the user-level I find the auto-downranking to be a bit too aggressive and annoying, but I admit I don’t have the data to see how much HN’s discourse would be impacted if the leash on Elon posts were relaxed. That said I also think it’s reasonable to be suspicious, given the YC CEO’s strong public support of Musk [0]. OTOH, 3 of the top 5 most upvoted stories about Garry Tan on HN are negative, so… [0] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1873280074805572024?s=46 https://x.com/garrytan/status/1873280074805572024?s=46