Conflict of interest and disclosure posts are frequently downvoted.

You mean flagged.

Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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bgwalter a day ago | parent [-]

Ah, so you just went through my history and downvoted everything in sight! Thanks for confirming.

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tptacek a day ago | parent [-]

I don't follow? I didn't flag you; you were remarking on a previous comment alleging shillage from 'antirez, and I'm pointing out that the behavior you say is "downvoted" is actually a black-letter guideline violation. People flag those posts.

Another one, though:

Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

	▲	bgwalter a day ago \| parent [-]
		I can't help you if you repeatedly misinterpret me. Once you made the first response in this subthread, 4 or 5 of my comments went from 1 to 0 or -1. Cum hoc ergo propter hoc? Maybe. I'll design a system for the senate that enables outside voters to first turn down the microphone's volume of a speaker if he says that another senator works for company X and then removes him from the floor. That'll be a great success for democracy and "intellectual curiosity", which is also in the guidelines.