That&#x27;s how the site works. If thousands of users think nothing of your comment, but two downvote it, there you go: two downvotes.<p>On HN, bland comments which attract no upvotes have to be spotlessly inoffensive to every imaginable mindset so that they survive the 24 hour &quot;statute of limitations&quot; for downvotes.<p>... keeping in mind that some people punish blandness itself with a downvote!