To give you some feedback (and I'm not an albino) : - Mentioning downvotes is a sure way to get them, and there's even a mention in the guidelines[1] saying to

To give you some feedback (and I'm not an albino) : - Mentioning downvotes is a sure way to get them, and there's even a mention in the guidelines[1] saying to avoid to do that : "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. " - Other than this, I don't know about the last time, but here your comment feels like a fun anecdote more than an actual discussion point. While this kind of comment goes well in a lot of communities (typically very well with Reddit), it tends to get less traction on HN, as HN is very much directed towards discussion and argumentation [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html