On: Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French ai...

[dumbfounder]

I have heard that YC alums have more voting power than others.

[dang → dumbfounder]

YC alums have never had more voting power than others. At least I don't remember any time when that was true.

[n2d4 → dumbfounder]

Not true — also, why would YC alums be less likely to upvote a post about Pavel Durov getting arrested?

[dumbfounder → n2d4]

I heard it directly from a YC alum who said he helped me push a post to the top. But this was several years ago. I didn't mean that YC alums would be less likely to upvote that particular article, but it does make the rankings much more unpredictable.

[cft → dumbfounder]

Another interesting thing is why my post was so heavily downvoted. Did I touch a taboo subject?

[dang → cft]

It's not taboo—this kind of repetitive meta-discussion is so common that users get tired of it and tend to flag it.