There is a general bias of HN and if you fall out of the range of that bias then you will for sure be downvoted. I believe that is because many of the users are very young and are not mature enough to value different ideals. You have to coddle them and not shake them up very much.
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i can testify that getting mass downmodding for saying something unpopular was common about 9 months ago. it seems the same to me now.
There is a general bias of HN and if you fall out of the range of that bias then you will for sure be downvoted. I believe that is because many of the users are very young and are not mature enough to value different ideals. You have to coddle them and not shake them up very much.