[irrigation]

Even more flagging -- tptacek and friends are flagging off posts, leaving their ridiculous replies to things not actually said (the tactic of responding to things not actually stated, and then leaving their aghast reply. This is tptacek's thing). As mentioned they waited until this fell off the front page, when they could, 1984-esque, change the reality of the thread.

What an utter abomination.

[DanBC]

One explanation is some shadowy cabal mass downvoting[1] posts to turn them gray.

Another explanation is that your comments are viewed as either mean, disingenuous, unsupported, or wrong and people are downvoting accordingly.