[gsibble]

Shocking everything against YC's interests always gets flagged. The flagging system is completely abused.

Why would normal HN users flag this? It's an interesting story that is very pertinent to the technology world.

[dang]

That's all false, like the other things you've been posting.

[spockswrench]

For the record I upvoted your comment but it doesn’t seem to have increased your score. Am I shadowbanned from voting? That would be pretty suspect if so.

[dang]

You aren't shadowbanned from voting.

[spockswrench]

Then why don’t my votes work? He was light grey (0 points) before and after my upvote.

[dang]

Your votes work the same as anybody else's. It's the voting algorithm that's complicated.