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by Razengan 338 days ago
This "grudge downvoting" shit has been a thing on HN for years, with Dang etc refusing to acknowledge it. Might as well join in on it yourself till they notice :)
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It happens to me, sometimes. It doesn't work very well because I couldn't care less about my karma points.
It makes your comment [nearly] invisible to others, unless they have showdead. It can also limit the rate at which you can post. It achieves what spam-downvoters want, without any downsides to them.
I should probably post less often, so not a problem :-)