[joe_the_user]

Only if he convince me to stop.

As it is, the fact that we're having this "conversation" at all mostly shows HN is declining in quality. I seldom complain about downvotes but when there's no comments and no obvious justification, it seems reasonably warranted.

[Gigablah]

How about this then: complaining about downvotes will invariably get you even more downvotes, and this time they'll actually be justified due to your attitude and tone.