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Yep. Reward friends and punish enemies. At long last the right has learned to play the game that the left has played for decades

>the game that the left has played for decades

Can you give some examples, please?

Trivially demonstrated by immediate downvotes for posting anything left critical on HN

Trivially refuted by pointing out that HN readers are not "the left" and that the original assertion refers to "decades" of this behavior.

How soft does one have to be to consider "downvoting" a punishment?