> I upvoted it, and am now explaining you why Be careful with this. It's generally not a good idea to explain how/why you voted. It's really just for the per

> I upvoted it, and am now explaining you why Be careful with this. It's generally not a good idea to explain how/why you voted. It's really just for the person whose comment you voted on, and detracts from the conversation for everyone else. Most people will not care why or how any particular person voted. > I kind of agree on you downvoting my comment for being off-topic, but is it really? I wouldn't classify your comment as off-topic, but rather tangential and kind of uninteresting in the context of the initial question. It mostly feels like complaining about the voting system rather than discussion of the system. Complaints about downvotes are also generally discouraged (per HN guidelines), and while your initial comment was not a complaint about a specific comment being downvoted, it is still a complain about downvotes. On the other hand, I did not downvote your second comment, because it's clearly relevant to the comment thread you started.