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Just checking: do you downvote those poor quality top level comments? Does anyone?

I actually never downvote anyone on HN and I seldom upvote anything at all.

I've actually never seen a down vote button anywhere on Hacker News. Down voting is a lie!

Only users with enough karma can see downvote buttons. I'm not there yet, either.

I don't normally ask about downvotes, but I'd be interested to know why this post is getting downvoted.