Hacker News downvotes are to be ignored as pedantry at best. Imagine the level of discomfort inflicted by my comment, and that should correlate well with the am

Hacker News downvotes are to be ignored as pedantry at best. Imagine the level of discomfort inflicted by my comment, and that should correlate well with the amount of discomfort the HN frowny face is truly worth. Maybe it's taste is closest to something like licking a nine volt battery. They are mostly unproductive, and express an opinion more akin to noise than anything else. Don't try to predict when downvotes will occur. Only predict that aligning your comment perfectly with the general sentiment of HN's echochamber and the capricious views of some of its moderators, will likely result in a general trend of upvotes. If you ardently pine for someone else's approval, conform to their every whim.