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Re:SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas by PartiallyTyped on Thursday April 20, 2023 @02:31PM (#35644181)
The gist of the comment is not on the downvotes of that particular comment in and of itself, as much as the overall behaviour of HN and using itself as a data-point to support the hypothesis. At the time of writing I made a prediction on the behaviour of HN. I did not make a comment about the votes of a particular comment after the fact, therefore, I am clear.
Re:SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas by JumpCrisscross on Thursday April 20, 2023 @02:44PM (#35644373)
> gist of the comment is not on the downvotes of that particular comment in and of itself

The gist doesn’t matter. You commented on being downvoted. That’s against the guidelines and gets flagged. Your comment is stronger without the throwaway bit at the end.

Re:SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas by PartiallyTyped on Thursday April 20, 2023 @02:55PM (#35644522)
Sure, let us remove it and see how bad things go.