Downvotes, what on earth for? Is it the checkmarks? Edit: not meaning to complain, I was trying to sort out if it was the Unicode, the tone, the list format, o

Downvotes, what on earth for? Is it the checkmarks? Edit: not meaning to complain, I was trying to sort out if it was the Unicode, the tone, the list format, or the "no need to discuss" which is probably a bit rude. I was hoping to make a quickly read mark that would let people know HN had already been over this ground and there was nothing new in the article, but I failed miserably.