An informative comment from a really knowledgeable guy downvoted. The comment in question was polite to a newbie flame without supporting data. The flame was u

An informative comment from a really knowledgeable guy downvoted. The comment in question was polite to a newbie flame without supporting data. The flame was upvoted... like a large number of flames without arguments/motivations. I feel sad for HN. OTOH, some language communities are hilariously pathetic in their fanboyism... :-)