[terrapinbear]

I'm an older user and I can't down vote. Please for the love of Paul Graham, give us a little info on what to expect when participate on the HN forum.

[mkr-hn]

Negative karma. There's nothing wrong with your comments, but they're better suited for the more casual atmosphere of Reddit. (which is why I like Reddit more)

[rhizome]

You have negative karma.

[drivebyacct2]

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html