So that I know how to improve my comments in the future, why was this downvoted? It's an important thing to know, and I admitted up front that it was second-ha

So that I know how to improve my comments in the future, why was this downvoted? It's an important thing to know, and I admitted up front that it was second-hand knowledge with some uncertainty about it. Was the issue the second-hand knowledge, the lack of complete certainty, or what?