Just a tip that while HN looks like reddit, it's not reddit. And deliberately so. E.g. you can't downvotes responses to your own comment. This to steer into a

Just a tip that while HN looks like reddit, it's not reddit. And deliberately so. E.g. you can't downvotes responses to your own comment. This to steer into a different type of conversation. I can't say I've fully internalized it, but it does make for much less shitposting compared to reddit. The downvotes i don't think are due to disagreement or even anger. I understand your frustration (especially since the critique is so unspecific), but i believe the downvotes don't mean what you think they mean, and it's not personal.