[rvz]

> I have been posting here for some time now. I post in earnest and follow post and comment guidelines.

It has gotten much worse. You can follow the guidelines, post a substantiative comment with evidence and make a reasoned argument but it will still get flagged, downvoted and get the "Posting Too Fast' message for no reason. There is a pattern here.

After that every message you post is downvoted by a bot. That is what you get if you go against the general audience on HN; even if you have factual evidence against the narrative about an article posted on this site.

> I’m not surprised that oil industry shills here downvote me.

Be aware that shills here will do anything to defend the wrongs of their company; even if is the other way round and the HN crowd is in the wrong and they will still continue to believe the disinformation with outrage.