Take a look at: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does

Take a look at: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." It's just one of those things. Btw - afaik - there is code to prevent users "carpet downmodding" another user.