Because there is a pattern that would not apply to the relatively random users and needs a very persistent user, that is, a MOD. Because the downvotes happen QUICKLY, as if from a MOD. Because the downvotes don't come with replies. Because only a small fraction of users can downvote. Because part of the pattern of what gets downvoted is material that is relatively advanced technically and, really, a challenge to CS.
My original post was a nice contribution to CS people having trouble getting published. But, if people don't like such a contribution, then they won't have it. So, I deleted it. It's gone. The CS profs can continue to struggle to publish without my help.
You dismiss the possibility that your tone is consistently offensive. Also, you perhaps underestimate the amount of traffic HN generates.
"The CS profs can continue to struggle to publish without my help."
This is emblematic of what I find grating in your writing style (and why I downvoted the parent post). In a single sentence you have managed to communicate (intentionally or otherwise) a sense of hubris and entitlement.
I'm sorry to hear this, but it's possible that the mods aren't doing this out of malice.
I used to help out HN by going to the new page and flagging what I thought was off topic content. My reward for this was to have my flagging privliges taken away :)
The unfortunate reality is that when you are a mod it's far easier to punish than it is to educate, especially when you're a volunteer.
early in the article was that the 'community' had a "serious problem" which was getting published. So I outlined how to get published, and that should have been a welcome contribution.
It wasn't very clear in the article if the article was mostly about the community or the 'problems' of the community. Whatever, I gave a solution to what seemed in the article to be the most important "problem" of the community.
But my solution wasn't welcome, so I deleted it. CS profs can struggle on their own to get published without my help.
