Downvotes on HN are... strange and capricious. Things that are downvoted for no apparent reason do tend to get voted back up, though. (I wish there was a meta.

Downvotes on HN are... strange and capricious. Things that are downvoted for no apparent reason do tend to get voted back up, though. (I wish there was a meta.n.y.c where we could discuss things like this. Alas.)