[nspragmatic]

Downvoting on reddit is actually reserved for comments that don't contribute to the conversation and isn't to be used for disagreeing with a comment. Anyway, blaming reddit users for all the negative shit that happens here is seriously getting old.

[Shaanie]

That's how it's intended to be used on Reddit, sadly it's not really how it's actually used on the larger subreddits. Seeing as Reddit is a big recruiter for HN, it should come as no surprise that reddit user cause a lot of the "negative shit". Of course, they also contribute a lot of positive comments/articles.