> Though it shouldn’t be the case, but there definitely seems to be some evidence for it disagreeing with prominent HN’ers that have a large number of fans is another way to get downvoted, that shouldn’t happen but there is definitely evidence for it.

This makes me sad. I have experienced that... so I just stopped placing such comments here. The toxicity of the community is just too high here. You can either agree with the crowd, or be forced to leave. Your experiences or arguments don't matter.