> It's not grey now as it's been voted back up, but it went down to -3 in a few minutes after posting, by far the strongest negative reaction I've had to a comment.
I've long suspected there's some kind of automation going on. I've written a number of inoffensive comments that shouldn't really cause a reaction from anyone, but the score goes down, then back up over a short period. Not sure why there would be an algo for that, but it feels like it.
I doubt it’s automation, it’s just the differences in HN audience as the day wakes up. Differences in sensibilities in different parts of the world.