In general I'd say the inclination to delete a comment because it's being down-voted is... not good. Don't try so hard to conform to what appears to be the loca

In general I'd say the inclination to delete a comment because it's being down-voted is... not good. Don't try so hard to conform to what appears to be the local public sentiment. (EDIT: or, if it's a threat to delete if you don't get upvotes, also lame)