It's quite possible that the downvotes were expressing confusion/annoyance at the brevity and lack of context of your comment without additional explanation. T

It's quite possible that the downvotes were expressing confusion/annoyance at the brevity and lack of context of your comment without additional explanation. There are three different "could"s in the comment to which you're replying. I think, had your comment included the second paragraph, it would have been much more useful.