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Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

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370 points sillypuddy | 1 comments | 18 Feb 18 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 1.559s | source
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jstewartmobile ◴[18 Feb 18 17:04 UTC] No.16406941[source]▶
I hate to have sympathy for the devil here, but I see their point.

Hackernews is living proof. Pre-election, you could voice a contrary opinion here and have a discussion. Post-election, even the faintest wrongthink shibboleth gets silently downvoted into oblivion.

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nova22033 ◴[19 Feb 18 00:10 UTC] No.16409758[source]▶
You seem to think you have some sort of constitutional right to NOT be downvoted..
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1. jstewartmobile ◴[19 Feb 18 14:56 UTC] No.16413195[source]▶
Re-read original comment. Criticism wasn't downvoting, but silent downvoting. Also intended it as a general observation rather than a personal complaint.