> I don't have infinite time. If it requires infinite time to get into it, you can't get into it. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversa

> I don't have infinite time. If it requires infinite time to get into it, you can't get into it. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversation that will never happen is the epitome of bad faith participation. What are you trying to accomplish with that? > I downvoted it, and it still had a positive score. So someone had upvoted it. Again, why would someone upvote it? Where did you even get this idea that your vote counts? It is well documented across a number of moderator posts and elsewhere that HN's voting system isn't a simple 1:1 algorithm. Even one of the first few entires in the FAQ explains that not all votes count. It remains that there is no logical explanation for as to why someone would read the comment you refer to and then press a button that does absolutely nothing. You claim to have pressed a button that does nothing and you still have been unable to explain why you would take time out of your day to do it. If true, presumably it was accidental. It goes without saying that nobody would read the comment and then (purposefully) press a button that does nothing, no?