You were downvoted because of the apparent unethical practice of making up data and the duping bloggers into using your story. HN is a pretty ethical group of

You were downvoted because of the apparent unethical practice of making up data and the duping bloggers into using your story. HN is a pretty ethical group of people and pretty much dont appreciate this kind of thing. Excepting wiseass remarks, I'm rarely downvoted, and if it's done unfairly, someone else usually jumps to my defense. Maybe others view your unpopular comments as trolling.