People is down-voting you because that comment is only adding noise to the thread. It's the kind of comment that populates digg and reddit and that makes such p

People is down-voting you because that comment is only adding noise to the thread. It's the kind of comment that populates digg and reddit and that makes such places such a terrible visit. People is more interested in more informative, argumentative, etc comments (humor is sometimes accepted, but it is when it shows some kind of subtlety I think).