I hadn't considered it. The HN crowd is a lot better at understanding that downvotes are for comments that do not contribute to the conversation, rather than wh

I hadn't considered it. The HN crowd is a lot better at understanding that downvotes are for comments that do not contribute to the conversation, rather than what they disagree with. Maybe that's a more popular trend now? Having been active on HN for a long time and watched it evolve I guess I could see that... Anyway, the branch of the conversation has gotten quite deep down the 'meta' rabbithole.