Attempts to build constructive conversations in these threads are almost always met with heavy flagging/downvoting. My own personal experience is that any comment that isn’t 100% backing the CCP falls to a negative score in a matter of minutes. Sometimes it goes back to 0/1 over the following hours, sometimes not. I’ve been on HN almost 10 years and that’s almost always been true, but it’s gotten much worse in recent years. Speaking to others, I know I’m not alone.
The standard mod answer is that you all are aware of voting rings and there’s no CCP astroturfing on HN, but many regular users feel like that’s not the case, so clearly there’s a disconnect here.
Edit: lol at this comment being -1 minutes after posting it
The standard mod answer is that you all are aware of voting rings and there’s no CCP astroturfing on HN, but many regular users feel like that’s not the case, so clearly there’s a disconnect here.
Edit: lol at this comment being -1 minutes after posting it