[nilliams]

Also be aware that people like myself that don't know much about Scala, but are trying to keep it on their radar, may upvote such a post just to try and see where the comment thread goes and see if there are good insights from the defending community.

Often an upvote doesn't mean I agree with the post or even its tone. Just that I want to see some further discussion.

(I don't know if this is in the spirit of HN, I appreciate it must be maddening for some people to see 'low quality' posts get upvotes).

[taude]

I thought the discussion the prior article created was really useful. Learned many things, including some things to look out for while evaluating, and other languages that people seem to like.

[adamors]

I feel the same way, sometimes I upvote controversial articles because I'm interested in the discussion it sparks.