It's obvious that you can not downvote a reply to your own comments but, today I noticed, in a topic I had no comments in, I was only allowed to downvote about 20% of the comments. The rest presented to downvote button. The conspiracy voice in me thought I was only allowed to downvote things the staff at HN wanted downvoted.
What's the actual rule? Why were most comments off limits to downvote?
What's the actual rule? Why were most comments off limits to downvote?