My guess: it's the word "updoot" that people are downvoting. Discussion about the voting on comments is generally discouraged[0]: "Please don't comment about

My guess: it's the word "updoot" that people are downvoting. Discussion about the voting on comments is generally discouraged[0]: "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html