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Re:Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in on... by echelon on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:07AM (#25843386)
> I generally stay out of speculation and fear mongering, but the fact that your comment has been repeatedly - and quickly - downvoted worries me.

You should take a look at my post history, then. Any time I express concern over China I'm voted into oblivion.

It's the same with Apple, but that I expect.

Recently I think someone has taken to downvoting entirely innocuous posts I make from my post history. Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour.

You're about to be downvoted too, btw.

Re:Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in on... by sebmellen on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:10AM (#25843413)
Just wanted to say I've seen you around HN and respect your principles on this front. Would love to get in touch, contact info is in my profile or I can send you a message if your profile Gmail is accurate.
Re:Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in on... by slumpt_ on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:49PM (#25853938)
Yep. Same.

Tired of posts like that being flagged, and then derided by the mods here as problematic for highlighting plain realities.

We cannot bend to the misinformation from China or any corrupt world government.

Re:Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in on... by glenstein on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:36AM (#25846235)
>Sometimes I'll post replies to day-old threads and find myself downvoted within half an hour.

This has also been happening on Reddit threads where people post comments critical of China. Top level comments are critical, but then far down the thread, low visibility comments suddenly swing aggressively upward or downward by dozens of votes if they relate to China.