Indeed, that “hovering near zero” voting effect is just-as-often because the folks around here will downvote arguments they agree with, just because they don’t like seeing such things on HN. Which I find lovely, personally.
>>derefr+(OP)
That's one of my core personal rules before I downvote or upvote -- am I doing this because the comment is objectively good / true / insightful (or the opposites), or because I simply agree with it.
I try and avoid the latter, to the extent humanly possible.