[rendall]

Yeah, see that's frustrating. The point isn't his answer. The point is that his non-answer got him upvotes from his fans, and that when I tried to address this broken reputation system in meta, people aggressively missed the point exactly like you did.

[matsemann]

If no one understands what you mean, might the problem lie elsewhere?

[edgarvaldes]

But at least some people did understand his point. I did, for example.

[matsemann]

It's just weird how often a discussion on something on SO ends up with someone complaining about overzealous downvoting or closing of their perfectly reasonable question, but no one can ever actually post a link to it.

To me that says they're not telling the whole truth about their own behavior.

[rendall]

Given there could be any number of reasons that strangers on the internet do not supply to you that which you demand, especially given the down-votey tone you demand it; it is instructive that you narrow in on the least charitable.

I quit SO in 2014, and asked Stack Exchange to delete all data from my accounts across their properties. I doubt any link exists.

You are free to disbelieve. You are free.

[tonyedgecombe]

Or they don't want to reveal their identity on HN.

[rendall]

I'm pretty open about my ID on HN, but that could be one of the many reasons this fellow does not get that which he demands from others.