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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by Eelongate on Friday December 03, 2021 @06:19PM (#29436875)
> Because on HN there are only two possible states for comments. Flagged or visible. The upvotes and downvotes just help compute the order.

That's an oversimplification; downvotes may also reduce the visibility of comments by making them an eyebleeding gray-on-white.

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