Nice self-referential hedging at the end :)<p>This is a result of HN&#x27;s guidelines that say &quot;It&#x27;s explicitly okay to downvote based on disagreement&quot;, whereas for example Reddit&#x27;s guidelines say &quot;Downvote based on quality, not opinion&quot;. As a result, you get an aversion to disagreement, with a lot of &quot;I think maybe..&quot; and &quot;I could be wrong..&quot; phrases.