> That’s what they do

That’s what you do.

> You can write a reply if you want to engage, you don’t have to.

Downvoting is engaging - in my opinion,

just incompletely - if nobody else has replied yet enumerating your dissenting viewpoint.

I’ve been on HN since a very long time, I can assure you it’s not a me thing. Anyway, given pg‘s comment the topic is pretty much settled

	▲	DANmode 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That’s a lame appeal to authority. Here’s mine (the reply to the pg comment - their account is older than yours, if that matters): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117237