[walterbell]

> Downvoted most of times.

Sometimes this can be a signal about the content of your comment, other times it can be a signal about the content of the thread/topic.

There's a fun HN data mining project waiting to be done on voting/flagging trends, including cross-community topic sentiment surveillance within specific time windows.

[noduerme]

I get flagged even more often than I get downvoted. I think it's a personality issue. Theirs, specifically. I usually just go away for a few days and come back when I'm bored / done with the next job.