There are a number of individuals who will downvote meta comments like this. I, for example, almost always blindly downvote any comment complaining about down

There are a number of individuals who will downvote meta comments like this. I, for example, almost always blindly downvote any comment complaining about down votes. The reason is usually fairly simple: it's usually not a worthwhile discussion and off-topic, and I want to strongly discourage that sort of behavior. If you don't think something should be on HN, flag it and leave it at that.