[spockswrench]

I upvoted your comment, but my upvotes are censored so sadly it didn't impact your score. This site is completely a propaganda arm for YC and their interests.

The mod even admitted that "the algorithm" doesn't allow my upvotes to show: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42639821

[dang]

My comment said nothing of the sort, as anyone who reads it can see. Your votes aren't censored—as I said, they're treated exactly the same way as anyone else's.

[spockswrench]

My votes don’t work. They are censored whether you want to blame the algorithm or not. You’ve really outted yourself in this conversation. You can pretend “users” are doing these actions but you’re fooling no one.

[joseppudev]

"voting algorithm" is such a powerful phrase. amazing.

[dang]

HN's software handles votes in a somewhat complex way because of the anti-abuse measures we've built over the years. There's no way to operate a site like this without such complexity. For example, people are constantly trying to manipulate the voting system to boost their posts or their friends' posts. We have to do things to counteract that.

[spockswrench]

Yeah, what kind of "algorithm" makes your upvotes not work? Dang also went through and downvoted every comment I have to oblivion. I had 30+ karma points, now down to zero. This site is absolute trash.