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If the majority of the community identifies against it why is it constantly upvoted?

Perceptions of what's "constantly upvoted" are in the eye of the beholder. People notice and remember the things they dislike. Since (I'm guessing) you dislike that attitude, you're more likely to remember such cases than, say, the GP comment, which is heavily upvoted.

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

Bizarrely, I was at +4 moments ago and now sit at -1

That's HN for you. If you can listen to me, don't correlate HN karma points with your worth.

It's a measure of how closely you correlate with the typical HN reader and that itself changes over time.

I have made more friends just through HN than the 200 odd HN karma points I have.

Have learned infinitely more thanks to HN.

As a person who believes that gun, healthcare and education are unalienable rights, people have a very tough time agreeing with me on all things, and me with them!

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