What's the reason for the downvoting of this and my follow-up post? This is very disconcerting, it discourages me from participating or contributing to an activ

What's the reason for the downvoting of this and my follow-up post? This is very disconcerting, it discourages me from participating or contributing to an active conversation. HN etiquette requires a reason for downvoting. As a long time member this is very frustrating. I'm sure I'll get even more downvotes for pointing this out.