Let me put it this way: I've gotten far more comments downvoted without explanation that could have used an explanation than comments that get downvoted where I

Let me put it this way: I've gotten far more comments downvoted without explanation that could have used an explanation than comments that get downvoted where I can look back and say "Yeah, that was fair." And, usually, by the time I'm downvoting and explaining, it's to the point where the comment displays such ignorance it's not worth a point by point response, but there's some hope that the commenter might learn something. This comment I made a while ago is a case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24736220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24736220 The person I was replying to had no literal idea of how economics is supposed to work (according to economists), so I downvoted, then explained.