Ask HN: What is happening to HN?

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Right now this (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7526254) thread have comments expressing their opinion in a respectful manner and trying to support their points of view, nevertheless they (us?) get downvote to oblivion. Is this another effect of the popularization of HN? Or does the religion subject always bring so many downvotes to non-religious views?

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I took a quick look, and you yourself did more than anyone to derail that thread into an off-topic religious flamewar.

The topic is the Vatican library's plans to digitize a priceless collection of ancient manuscripts. The topic is not "is religion evil" or "why do my enemies downvote me".

I will take a closer look at the derailing comments later.

This post, too, was not appropriate. The phrase "concern troll" comes to mind. Please address any legitimate concerns about HN moderation to hn@ycombinator.com, and please don't try to stir up drama on the site again.

Now I am going to kill this post.

Comments that are off-topic and clearly have a political agenda get downvoted here.

Maybe one side of the argument is getting downvoted more than the other in that thread, but the point is that the post is about one thing and the battle raging in the thread is about something else entirely.

I see most of the OP's replies down-voted maybe its not a HN thing, but a specific situation.

Correct, I see this everywhere. Apparently religion on the internets does not belong. My guess is because most tech-savvy people are of the pure scientific mind set or whatever. Disclaimer: I have not read that thread, opinion based on parents description.

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