> No matter how thoughtful a comment, if it goes against the groupthink, you can expect it to hurt your karma. So what? If you think that karma means somethin

> No matter how thoughtful a comment, if it goes against the groupthink, you can expect it to hurt your karma. So what? If you think that karma means something significant, you're doing it wrong. As to whether "thoughful" comments get significant downvotes, I don't see it. Instead, I see a bunch of earnest twaddle. Symptomatic of that is the belief that "thoughtful" is a worthwhile characteristic. It isn't. > The worst trend I see is comments getting downvoted based on opinions expressed within, not on how poorly they are expressed. Artfully expressed nonsense is still nonsense. In other news, HN isn't intended to make you feel good about yourself, no matter how special your mother says you are.