> @moderators: have I earned the automatic downvote? Whatever I post shows zero points as soon as it is posted.
Not a mod, but I'll take an educated guess that this is what ires someone:
> What is called far right in USA is the same thing we call neo-fascism anywhere else
The rest of your post is spot on IMO but I hesitate to upvote because of that part, and not because there isn't a point but because it is a whole lot more nuanced:
Yes: a number of wackos exist on the "far right" (I hate that term as it frames conservatives with totalitarian ones.)
But there has also been a tendency by media to abuse the term as a rubber stamp for "anything conservative we don't like". It's either that or a large number of facists are the ones to defend the jews this year, and despite 2020 being odd I don't think that will ever happen.
(I collected a fair number of downvotes myself last election season, seemingly from both sides, which is why I feel somewhat qualified to explain ;-)
To be honest I don't care if someone is ired or not, being ired is a choice and usually doesn't depend to what other people do, but how we react to them
It is my understanding that over the years people have developed various software to follow threads and users' comment streams so it is conceivable that some bored zealot took it upon himself to police every single thing you post in real time. Or set up a downvote bot as others suggested. There are some genuine weirdos here.
I haven't been here for a few years (green account again, yay), but at least back then, moderators weren't know for f...ng with anyone like that. Warning, maybe another warning, shadow ban and good bye.
At any rate, posting "@moderators" in the middle of a 4000 comment thread will get you nowhere. There is a contact email at the bottom if you want to ask for investigation.
I've never heard or seen anything like what you suggest.
It has been admitted I think that one is aware of certain bots (not affiliated with YC) that vote in certain directions.
I think I have even seen one popular HNer admit that he thought there was a bot who would upvote all his answer irregardless of who low quality they were.
Maybe someone has something like that and have pointed it at you.
More likely though you annoyed someone and they went in to your profile and looked at your other answers.
Edit: I looked into your comments and here are two notes.
1. Your comments are a mixed bag. Saying Trump brought war to American soil for example isn't anywhere near true and also inflammatory.
2. Some of them are insightful but ires one side without delighting the other. The result is you get a downvote from those who are annoyed and no support from the other side.
Not a mod, but I'll take an educated guess that this is what ires someone:
> What is called far right in USA is the same thing we call neo-fascism anywhere else
The rest of your post is spot on IMO but I hesitate to upvote because of that part, and not because there isn't a point but because it is a whole lot more nuanced:
Yes: a number of wackos exist on the "far right" (I hate that term as it frames conservatives with totalitarian ones.)
But there has also been a tendency by media to abuse the term as a rubber stamp for "anything conservative we don't like". It's either that or a large number of facists are the ones to defend the jews this year, and despite 2020 being odd I don't think that will ever happen.
(I collected a fair number of downvotes myself last election season, seemingly from both sides, which is why I feel somewhat qualified to explain ;-)