I'd had a comment downvoted and flagged recently, perhaps understanably, though the follow-on discussion made pretty clear that I'd identified a pretty salient point.
Upshot: HN is no less immune to voting what it wants to see over what's true or not. I may even be subject to that myself, though I prefer to see my votes as aiming for at the very least a deeper truth and validity.
I wasn't among your critics.
Sorry to go off-topic, but how do you down-vote people? I've looked through the FAQs and everything and can't find anything about it. I only have the ability to up-vote.
It's conveniently placed close enough to the upvote button that on mobile, any moderation action is essentially a 50-50 probability of either....
My thinking is that you can't have an honest discussion if people can't count on their replies applying to the parent after the fact, and if I've screwed up enough that I want something off the record, I really should have thought more before writing it, so leaving it and the sting of it's continual viewing is a good reminder for the future.