I don't remember specifically, but I'm sure it was one where I said something like "taxation is theft" or "government is illegitimate", or "bad laws should be violated" or something of that nature.
Why? Because HN is apparently full of statists who don't believe in the idea of individual freedom. It wasn't always this way, but it has gotten worse over the past couple of years.
This is impossible to know because you can only lose 4 points and your post is dead.
I have never worried about the posts of mine that have been downvoted to oblivion (these were all snarky and mostly deserved to be downvoted even if they are funny), but the posts I put a lot of effort into that get zero response.
The one's a didn't write. Because I didn't write them. After that it's the one's I wrote and quickly deleted. Because I quickly deleted them.
In terms of actually downvoted, it would be some clever comment that was clever enough to attract upvotes and wrong/snarky/mean/shallow enough to attract downvotes. A clever comment might peak at 7 and finish -2.
Consequently I try to write fewer clever comments and will even delete upvoted comments from time to time.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 14.2 ms ] threadWhy? Because HN is apparently full of statists who don't believe in the idea of individual freedom. It wasn't always this way, but it has gotten worse over the past couple of years.
I have never worried about the posts of mine that have been downvoted to oblivion (these were all snarky and mostly deserved to be downvoted even if they are funny), but the posts I put a lot of effort into that get zero response.
In terms of actually downvoted, it would be some clever comment that was clever enough to attract upvotes and wrong/snarky/mean/shallow enough to attract downvotes. A clever comment might peak at 7 and finish -2.
Consequently I try to write fewer clever comments and will even delete upvoted comments from time to time.
Good luck.