You should honestly always expected to get downvoted on HN. The community is pretty small, and the spirit of the site attracts contrarians and pessimists who wi

You should honestly always expected to get downvoted on HN. The community is pretty small, and the spirit of the site attracts contrarians and pessimists who will disagree with most things they see. My point total on this site has been stuck at the same level for the past year (under 1000), while on Reddit I've nearly crossed 100k in 10 years. There's definitely something about the people here that contributes to this.