Maybe people don't like to have to follow a link to understand a comment. E.g. the one at the top of this discussion doesn't even mention that it's about extrap

Maybe people don't like to have to follow a link to understand a comment. E.g. the one at the top of this discussion doesn't even mention that it's about extrapolation. But as the HN rules say, speculating about downvotes is often fruitless.