[max_]

Why do some comments like this one turn grey?

[gumby]

It was downvoted.

[sharmajai]

Downvoting.

[cgvgffyv]

The person who wrote it is deemed to be an idiot, according to the hivemind.

[swiley]

I really like what Scott Adams says: it's something like "People aren't idiots, they just experience bouts of idiocy (some more often than others)."

[ebcode]

Yeah, I get your point about the hivemind, but I think it's less damaging to see downvoting as being about the comment, not the person. iow, don't take it personally.

[sctb]

We don't need such inflammatory and obviously unfair comments like this on Hacker News.