Absolutely. I simply pasted a quote from the article and got negative points from it. I like HN, it's exposed me to a lot of interesting concepts I didn't know

Absolutely. I simply pasted a quote from the article and got negative points from it. I like HN, it's exposed me to a lot of interesting concepts I didn't know about. But, there's a large group of users here that actively suppress opinions or thoughts that don't align with their own. I suppose that's inevitable in a comment system based on points.