I've been guilty of that a few times. I would greatly appreciate it if downvoters also added their explanation if it merits it. OTOH, I've been downvoted a fe

I've been guilty of that a few times. I would greatly appreciate it if downvoters also added their explanation if it merits it. OTOH, I've been downvoted a few times for things that, viewed from the outside, can be seen as flamebait-ish or useless discussion. I've also had the opposite, people that, instead of downvoting, ask "did you answer the wrong post?" (has happened) or if I misunderstood the comment I was replying to (has also happened), and I greatly appreciate that. edit: example of a comment where I was downvoted, and it was probably flamebait-ish https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8135011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8135011 example of me replying to a wrong post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8096885 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8096885