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> I don't think I have to speculate why comments like yours get downvoted so much.

I'm genuinely not sure what you're implying here. Can you expand?

No, I won't. That's why I said that.

I'm even more confused now. I guess this was an oblique way of accusing people of astroturfing?

Hmm, when do you suppose HN started (ab)using the downvotes reddit-style anyway? I don't recall seeing hardly any downvotes before 2023.