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I don't know, but I don't really read the comments here any more. A while ago the comments were the gold, now I can't really get them. In my subjective experience, contradictory comments (to the post) became the most popular. That doesn't make sense. You can't contradict always to anything. So HN became like any other new site: I'm skimming through the headlines in a minute, and done.
I get downvotes for stuff that seems odd from an intellectual person trying to have a discussion. I don't know if it's a bot searching for keywords, or just someone with a grudge with several accounts or legit downvotes. I don't let it silence me though. I mean numbers (karma) are just 1s and 0s. Ideas and honest discussion are much more than that. Whatever happens speak your mind, you've earned it by existing. Don't…
I get downvotes for stuff that seems odd from an intellectual person trying to have a discussion. I don't know if it's a bot searching for keywords, or just someone with a grudge with several accounts or legit downvotes. I don't let it silence me though. I mean numbers (karma) are just 1s and 0s. Ideas and honest discussion are much more than that. Whatever happens speak your mind, you've earned it by existing. Don't…
If people will interpret you comments as being on the wrong side of the most in vogue political ideology of the moment, you will get downvoted to the lowest deeps of Tartarus, may Hades have mercy of your account.
Preferably politically charged controversial subjects and ideological warfare, right wing bias only (leftists typically don’t have a sense of humor so it would be hard to sound authentic)
20% extra for inciting flamewars and annoying dang (he’s really doing an awesome job with all the vandals here)
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If people will interpret you comments as being on the wrong side of the most in vogue political ideology of the moment, you will get downvoted to the lowest deeps of Tartarus, may Hades have mercy of your account.
There’s also some mob mentality at work, 1 or 2 downvotes will often invite more as soon as people see a greyed out comment.
Shameless self promotion: if you pay me $5 for short comments, $10 for medium comments and $50 on well thought comments I can comment on HN.
Unlike chronological internet forums where all opinions must be heard, it's very difficult to successfully astroturf an internet forum that self-polices with upvotes and downvotes. EDIT: In the case where someone says something against common perception, downvotes in particular deemphasize it (turning the comment gray on HN, collapsing it on Reddit) as this comment unintentionally demonstrates, thus why astroturfing…
I don't know, Reddit has a lot of artrosurf. You can buy up votes and down votes very easily and you regularly see suspicious votes on some content.
Paid by whom? There are companies and employees on HN posting, commenting and promoting their business and services, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Is someone paying to get upvoted? Almost certainly, but I doubt it's worth a lot here where the sorting algorithm is much more opaque than Reddit. On Reddit getting to the top is just a numbers game. Also, even though there's far too much political posts…