Downvotes can indeed be annoying, but for the sake of signal/noise ratio, please follow the HN guidelines:

Resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: speaking of signal/noise ratio, your comment downthread is substantive and a fine contribution. That's more the thing we're going for in HN comments.