> To know why I have been downvoted would be reasonable but to downvote because you disagree? usually it's an expression that usefulness of down-voting in disa

> To know why I have been downvoted would be reasonable but to downvote because you disagree? usually it's an expression that usefulness of down-voting in disagreements shouldn't be questioned. As far as I remember HN uses high levels of downvotes/upvotes to give the topic a bad karma (don't quote me on that), it has to be the reason why HN didn't turned into reddits yet.