Well, I downvoted him after reading your comment, so I thought I might as well explain it in your response. Now, jacquesm's reply is making me regret my downvo

Well, I downvoted him after reading your comment, so I thought I might as well explain it in your response. Now, jacquesm's reply is making me regret my downvote. Also, I agree with what you think about downvotes. I think HN should have a detector of potentially stupid comments (e.g "u re a fag") that could be downvoted without giving a reason, and the rest (comments similar to skidoo's comment) could be downvoted only after giving an explanation.