I suspect it's due to this portion of http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: > Resist complaining about being d

I suspect it's due to this portion of http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: > Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.