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Probably because the idea for this thread was given the official go-ahead by dang [0]

I don't see what that has to do with the impact on my thread...?

The freelancing threads (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7162201, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5803767, etc) are popular, appear to be well-received and reliably receive a number of up-votes.

For some reason, me asking for people's experiences in that thread is attracting a number of down-votes. Odd.