I think asking why I said Africa and not the specific country or region is fair. Had I traveled there instead, would I have said North America or Alaska? Would

I think asking why I said Africa and not the specific country or region is fair. Had I traveled there instead, would I have said North America or Alaska? Would I have said Russia or Siberia? I'm not sure. For what it's worth an initial rush of downvotes (or upvotes) is fairly common on HN; I'd ignore them for the first hour or so. After that you'll probably have a fair idea of the HN consensus (fickle as it is). People that really care about an issue will sit there and refresh a thread constantly, so in the short term you're mostly knowing what they think about your comment. But they can't vote more than once. My first comment in this tree was downvoted to -3 within two minutes of posting, but now sits at +40. I actually wasn't sure at first whether it was being downvoted by people for or against Starlink et al. Maybe both.