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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by dang on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:35PM (#21132060)
The bias you're talking about is real, in my observation, but you can't counteract it by ranting and breaking the site guidelines, let alone baiting others into downvoting you. It's a direct consequence of HN's demographics, which are overwhelmingly Western, and there's no way to change it other than slowly and patiently, by adding good information.

Of course it's frustrating to encounter inflammatory comments that are based in ignorance. But if you respond like this, you feed those comments and give them greater credibility, while discrediting the very side you're trying to defend.

If you know more, then a better way is to share some of what you know so that others can learn. In any case, if you post here, please stick to the site rules regardless of how wrong or ignorant other commenters are or you feel they are.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by UIZealot on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:30PM (#21132975)
I was baiting for good information, not downvotes.

My apologies if it came out wrong.

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by dang on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:11PM (#21139784)
Ah. The way to get good information is to post some yourself, and to do it in a way that communicates neutrality and openness to other points of view.

If you post in the flamewar style, everyone's going to just go rigid and fire on all cylinders. This mechanism works the same way regardless of what the topic is, and regardless of whose position is right or wrong.