[hwbehrens]

My guess is that it was downvoted because it violates two of the comment guidelines:

> Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

The parent comment is neither thoughtful nor substantive, merely agreeing with the grandparent -- a verbose equivalent of a "This!" comment. A better comment might include the commenter's reasoning, their experiences with other platforms and their pros and cons, or how they have used Ubuntu personally or professionally, for example.

> Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

The parent's implicit dismissal of Windows or Mac desktop platforms as un-enjoyable could be interpreted as flamebait, since choice of operating system can be a common point of contention.

Hopefully this explanation helps. Since the comment was low-quality but not flagrantly bad, I assume it will pick up one or two downvotes but not a flag, and will sink naturally down the discussion as higher-quality posts supersede it.

[nickthemagicman]

Being grateful theres additional options for a well supported desktop experience besides the two dominant parties is flame bait?

Subjective interpretation is now a basis for downvoting and being labelled flamebait.

Meanwhile the most upvoted comment is about the graphic looking like hairy testicles(which it does).