You ' re seeing a conspiracy of elite posters with some sort of local authority throwing their weight around I see one guy , usually very softspoken , commenting that he found a joke to be in poor taste . That ' s it . He ' s not responsible for what happened to the comment he responded to , that ' s ridiculous . If you want to blame someone , blame the mob who downvoted the parent comment , not the guy who said hey dude , not funny . And he certainly does not deserve to take crap from some selfrighteous internet bully . Have you seen the sheer absurdness of that tirade ? How mindboggingly disproportionate and misaimed it is ? No , the equivalence you are trying to draw does not work . You seem to think this is some sort of serious business , with a circle of powerful insiders lording it over the masses . Hello ? This is an internet forum where we discuss some Chinese cartoon game . Nobody is in a position to dictate what the culture should be . Newbies are welcomed and find here answers and advice . In one year that enough to make me part of the elite club ? , I ' ve seen newbies come and become recognisable faces who help fresh newbies . I wish I would be able to take a more conciliatory tone , but the gratuitousness of Dey ' s tirade made me explode and the political smell of your comment made me wary . That ' s not what this place is about .