If you're talking about [1] then I'm one of the people who down-voted it yesterday, for the reasons that steveklabnik [2] cites. It's just an assertion with no

If you're talking about [1] then I'm one of the people who down-voted it yesterday, for the reasons that steveklabnik [2] cites. It's just an assertion with nothing backing it up, so it's not contributing anything to the discussion. It's an assertion that I happen to agree with in large part for my own reasons. But as long as you're not making a case for it it's just noise that deserves to be down-voted, while comments that back up their assertions and stimulate thoughtful argument deserve an up-vote. 1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1643726 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1643726 2. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1647505 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1647505