Edit: your comment got me thinking, what is substantive to you? Is it just the general hivemind of HN that's only allowed here?
A comment is unsubstantive if it doesn't include any more information than 'boo' or 'yay'. (Although polite empty comments like congratulating someone are just fine.) On HN we want discussions where readers can learn a bit more than that someone likes mining.
Edit: another unsubstantive comment you posted was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17672125, which was worse because it invokes the uncivil why-dont-you-move-to-another-country-then internet trope. Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules more carefully here?
>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17672125
Fair enough.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Why is this selectively enforced? "Assume good faith." for example? I haven't seen anyone do that on here.
Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17681471
This was a genuine question of mine, it's currently -2.
I wasn't the first one with this thought: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a19666/we-cant-just-t...
I'm currently negative 3 points for trying to start a conversation about the topic at hand. How is this not a hivemind? I followed your instructions and yet this still happens.
Look forward to your response.