Not seeing many pro-Scala comments in here. Isn't it more likely that some comments are downvoted by the general HN population, because they don't add anything

Not seeing many pro-Scala comments in here. Isn't it more likely that some comments are downvoted by the general HN population, because they don't add anything useful to the debate? By the way, I just clicked your link, and I can't really how they support the point you are trying to make...