Comment by edw519

"this community is slowly being evaporated"

No it's not. Have faith in pg and the rest of us. This stuff happens all the time and we survive just fine. How could you know this after only 28 days.

"my Karma has dropped roughly 20 points within the past hour or so, I just really would love to know"

You never will, so don't waste any mental energy worrying about it. That's just the way it goes.

"confused as to what I said that has offended the community"

You haven't "offended" the community. Some people just downvote without commenting. Once it gets going, sometimes it snowballs. Forget about it and move on.

"All of my submissions (all ask YC/HN) have been to consult the community on decisions that affect my life to an unbelievable extent."

Great! Keep it up and do your part. Forget about the other crap.

I have noticed that discussions about what is "appropriate" get lots of upvotes ot lots of downvotes or both, without much logic. Hacker content threads, OTOH, are our bread and butter and are generally well received and appreciated. Stick with the latter.