You are being downvoted because you went against the populist grain of the thread, that's it. Accept that a lot of HN voting is just 'sided' and if you're on th

You are being downvoted because you went against the populist grain of the thread, that's it. Accept that a lot of HN voting is just 'sided' and if you're on the wrong side of the flow ... that's it. Just take a moment to reflect on your comments, if they are reasonable and you're getting downvoted, and nobody is bothering to respond, it's probably populism. It it was it is, it's too bad, but don't fret about it.