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> "While technically true... I don't see how it contributes anything useful to the conversation, so I downvoted it." If you don't see how it contributes to the

> "While technically true... I don't see how it contributes anything useful to the conversation, so I downvoted it." If you don't see how it contributes to the conversation - why not just ignore it then? Just because you think this doesn't contribute to the conversation, doesn't make it true. > "If you don't agree, that's fine..." Clearly it's not "fine", otherwise you wouldn't try to silence comments you disagree with by down-voting them. This is my last comment on HN.

coder543 6y ago
> why not just ignore it then? Because it's misleading and/or missing the point. As stated. Why would I want more people to read something that I believe is misleading? > Clearly it's not "fine" Once again missing the point. The prevailing opinion on HN is what will get upvoted, and a lot of other stuff will get downvoted. I have seen that prevailing opinion be hilariously wrong before. If you want to be heard with an unpopular opinion, you have to make a compelling argument... you can't expect to be upvoted to the top just because you're sharing an opinion. It's rare for a comment to be lukewarm enough for no one to feel strongly enough to downvote it. It's going up, going down, or it's on a thread no one is reading. Downvotes don't mean people hate the person leaving the downvoted comments; it's just a tool for disagreeing with comments. > This is my last comment on HN. Because people disagreed with you? People even left explanations, but that wasn't enough.