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

Second to last line of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Well give me a chance, I might make this more interesting than you think. We are, after all, literally discussing silencing.

I'm just providing you with an explanation for why you might have accrued downvotes beyond the initial one that you were complaining about. As you can now see, doing so has derailed a potential discussion you wished to have.

> I can only spot the cursing in my post.

Are you pretending people can only see the part of the post above the edit line when they vote, or something?

I downvoted you for being obnoxious in the edits.

Thanks! That’s all I wanted. Better than the silent initial votes.

HN does vote fuzzing so you’re literally tilting at windmills here

Um, what is "vote fuzzing"?

“Vote fuzzing” is a practice where a site’s reported vote count is intentionally made to report inaccurate figures. This is a strategy that some sites employ to attempt to throw off vote manipulation. I am not sure whether HN does it, but it is famously employed on Reddit.

Downvotes are not censorship.

There’s a blizzard going on, billions and billions of snowflakes.

It’s also impolite. State your case when you do so.

Chances are he has an out if Spotify violates the content agreement. They knew precisely what they were buying…and I am sure he has a remediation capability in his contract when there is a content dispute.

Also, have an upvote, I hate fuck faces and dick faces who downvote because of cursing. Reminds me of all those morality prudes demanding album stickers and whatnot.

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