I disagree. I'm not going to explain why. How does that feel? What value does it add? (Sweet FA, eh.) You're right, you might be right. But that does make it

I disagree. I'm not going to explain why. How does that feel? What value does it add? (Sweet FA, eh.) You're right, you might be right. But that does make it right. I get zero satisfaction from context-less down votes. I don't do them. I ignore them when I get them (i.e., they have zero influence on my HN behavior). If I'm changing my mind over some lazy a-holes' click, I'm losing. Big time. I can't imagine why anyone feels any differently. The reality is, there are pointless noise. There's not enough context to drive anything actionable for anybody. But while I have your attention: how about a feature request: Karma points that consider the discussion below a top-parent comment.